CHEROKEE ES

CHEROKEE ES is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, part of TAHLEQUAH, instructing 441 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 366 students per school, that is 20% above typical.

Across the 6 schools in TAHLEQUAH (3,712 students total), CHEROKEE ES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CHEROKEE ES shows that the most-represented group is Native American (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% multiracial, 18% White, 16% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CHEROKEE ES has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CHEROKEE ES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.4%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +10.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cherokee County put the typical household earns roughly $53,218 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cherokee County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,401 students), of which CHEROKEE ES is one.

GREENWOOD ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around CHEROKEE ES. On composite proficiency, CHEROKEE ES comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CHEROKEE ES's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 425 (now 441). The White share of enrollment fell from 22% to 18% over that span.

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