CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized primary school in SUFFERN, New York, one of the schools within SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,170 students; CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Rockland County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 48%, going from 279 students in 2018 to 413 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 22% to 54%.

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