Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Thornton/Schools/Cherry Drive Elementary School

Cherry Drive Elementary School

Cherry Drive Elementary School school profile in Thornton, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
40/100
fragile durability · high confidence
Enrollment
314
Enrollment has declined 13% over the available history.
FRL Share
64.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
733.1
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Cherry Drive Elementary School

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Academic Quality

44

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

38

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

35

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

57

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Thornton and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 41 · Colorado 50
40 41
2 Academic average
Peer 729.6 · Colorado 737.4
733.1 729.6
3 ELA
Peer 732.4 · Colorado 741
735.4 732.4
4 Math
Peer 728 · Colorado 736.9
733.7 728
5 Science
Peer 728.4 · Colorado 734.5
730.3 728.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 443 · Colorado 394
314 443
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Thornton 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.8 / 1k 2.9 / 1k
2 Market rent
Thornton $2,042 · Colorado $1,977
$1,961 $2,042
3 Home price
Thornton $506,295 · Colorado $556,199
$517,740 $506,295
4 Poverty rate
Thornton 5.7% · Colorado 10.1%
3.1% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$109,798 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
31.4% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Cherry Drive Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 733.1, with ELA at 735.4, Math at 733.7, and Science at 730.3. Against Thornton elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 44/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 13% over the available history. ELA has moved up 0.5 points over the available history. Math has moved up 8.3 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 38/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Cherry Drive Elementary School currently serves about 314 students. FRL share sits near 64.9%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 008547 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,961, median income near $109,798, and home-price context near $517,740. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80241 where rent context currently sits near $1,961 and home-price context near $517,740. Nearby violent crime has moved down 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Cherry Drive Elementary School currently reads as fragile durability. The total TractSignal school score is 40/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.