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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Cherry Crest Elementary School?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530039000063
Cherry Crest Elementary School
12400 N.E. 32nd St., Bellevue, WA 98005 · (425) 456-4900 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
26 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
88.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -5.5pp since 2014
Math
89.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.4% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.4% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.8% | 91.2% |
| 2021-22 | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2018-19 | 95.2% | 94.2% |
| 2017-18 | 92.6% | 90.4% |
| 2016-17 | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2015-16 | 92.8% | 94.2% |
| 2014-15 | 93.9% | 94.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
88.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 77% typical for Washington 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 11 points, placing it in Washington'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 Cherry Crest Elementary School
Cherry Crest Elementary School's state test result (88.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Crest Elementary School this school | 553 | 4.7% | 88.3% |
| Medina Elementary School MEDINA | 591 | 5.6% | 92.5% |
| Samantha Smith Elementary Sammamish | 545 | 3.3% | 87.1% |
| Louisa May Alcott Elementary Redmond | 615 | 5.4% | 86.3% |
| Kokanee Elementary Woodinville | 651 | 6.8% | 79.5% |
| Benjamin Rush Elementary Redmond | 631 | 9.7% | 78.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Cherry Crest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #8 of 936 | #8 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #9 of 1,103 no change | #9 of 281 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.4% | #11 of 1,102 ▲ 1 | #11 of 280 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #183 of 928 | #53 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #165 of 1,268 | #41 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,072 of 1,085 | #276 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #861 of 1,088 | #272 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.7% | #1,161 of 1,169 | #284 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #439 of 778 | #139 of 220 |
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
553
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 553 | 26.3 | 21.1:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 25.5 | 22.1:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 23.7 | 21.8:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 30.7 | 21.1:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 18 | 23.9:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 16 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 19 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherry Crest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (649 to 553); teachers down 14% (30.7 to 26.3).
About Cherry Crest Elementary School
Cherry Crest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Bellevue, Washington, (ZIP code 98005). Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 553 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 380 students for elementary schools in Washington.
Cherry Crest Elementary School is a school in Bellevue School District. The district has 30 schools and 20,339 students.
The largest group at Cherry Crest Elementary School is Asian students, at 72%. Other groups make up 19% White and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 21% of King County residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
Cherry Crest Elementary School reported 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 21.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. There are 26 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 5% of enrollment. Among public schools in King County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 77.0% for Cherry Crest Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 88.3%. The 11.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Washington schools.
For the population of King County, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Cherry Crest Elementary School shares King County with 543 other public schools.
Emerson High School sits about 1.4 miles from Cherry Crest Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Cherry Crest Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 7% decline took enrollment from 596 in 2020-21 to 553 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 17.5:1 to 21.1:1.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellevue School District
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other schools in Bellevue
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson High School1.4 mi · 67
- Northstar Middle School1.4 mi · 85
- Emerson K-121.4 mi · 67
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.5 mi · 452
- International Community School1.8 mi · 421
- Community School1.8 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About Cherry Crest Elementary SchoolHow large is Cherry Crest Elementary School?
Cherry Crest Elementary School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cherry Crest Elementary School serve?
Cherry Crest Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cherry Crest Elementary School have?
Cherry Crest Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cherry Crest Elementary School?
At Cherry Crest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 72% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cherry Crest Elementary School?
Cherry Crest Elementary School is overseen by Bellevue School District in King County.
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