Cherrydale Elementary

Set in Steilacoom, Washington, Cherrydale Elementary is a moderately sized primary school, one of the schools within Steilacoom Hist. School District. It works with 348 students across grades pre-K through 3.

Steilacoom Hist. School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,043 students; Cherrydale Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cherrydale Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Cherrydale Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Cherrydale Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Pierce County) records that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Cherrydale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Developmental Preschool, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cherrydale Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

Cherrydale Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cherrydale Elementary has contracted 8%, going from 379 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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