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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653010519
Cheri Cox Elementary School
7009 WOODBRIDGE PKWY, SACHSE, TX 75048 · (972) 429-2500 · Collin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
203 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (119).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
78.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 51.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 26.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 77.0% | 78.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 60.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cheri Cox Elementary School
Cheri Cox Elementary School's state test result (75.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheri Cox Elementary School this school | 670 | 30.3% | 75.2% |
| Frank Elementary School KLEIN | 692 | 32.1% | 66.7% |
| George B Dealey Montessori Academy DALLAS | 634 | 26.8% | 83.4% |
| Benignus Elementary School KLEIN | 753 | 30.0% | 66.1% |
| Hassler Elementary School KLEIN | 625 | 25.8% | 74.7% |
| W R Hatfield Elementary School FORT WORTH | 756 | 25.5% | 45.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cheri Cox Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #185 of 4,401 | #29 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #196 of 4,466 ▲ 97 | #28 of 165 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #401 of 4,466 ▲ 120 | #50 of 165 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.5pp | #697 of 3,998 | #16 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #1,126 of 4,938 | #48 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,321 of 4,622 | #76 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #347 of 4,628 | #67 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.3% | #4,206 of 4,789 | #74 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #1,293 of 1,307 | #53 of 54 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
670
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 670 | 48.8 | 13.7:1 | 30% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 650 | 47.8 | 13.6:1 | 30% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 46.8 | 13.5:1 | 34% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 647 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 29% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 41.4 | 16.1:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 28% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 34% (186) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheri Cox Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (668 to 670); teachers up 18% (41.4 to 48.8).
About Cheri Cox Elementary School
Cheri Cox Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in SACHSE. Enrollment is 670 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 29% above average.
Within WYLIE ISD, Cheri Cox Elementary School is one of 21 schools. The district enrolls 19,401 students.
Cheri Cox Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 38%. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Collin County's population at about 54%. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Cheri Cox Elementary School scores 14.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 75.2% actual versus 60.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Collin County census figures show that the median household income is $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Collin County is home to 338 public schools and about 227,575 public school students.
The school nearest to Cheri Cox Elementary School is Don Whitt Elementary School, at a distance of about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Cheri Cox Elementary School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around Cheri Cox Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 23 students since 2020-21, to 670.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cheri Cox Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Other schools in SACHSE
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- B G Hudson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,099 students
- Don Whitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- John W Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Robert B Sewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Don Whitt Elementary School1.1 mi · 728
- Dr Al Draper Intermed1.2 mi · 963
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High School1.3 mi · 1,019
- Wylie High School1.7 mi · 3,189
- Sachse High School1.9 mi · 2,935
- B G Hudson Middle School1.9 mi · 1,099
Frequently asked questions
About Cheri Cox Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cheri Cox Elementary School?
Cheri Cox Elementary School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-04.
Is Cheri Cox Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cheri Cox Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Cheri Cox Elementary School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Cheri Cox Elementary School.
How diverse is Cheri Cox Elementary School?
Cheri Cox Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheri Cox Elementary School?
Cheri Cox Elementary School is overseen by WYLIE ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.