Cherry Grade School
Po Box 219, Cherry, IL, 61317-0219 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Cherry Grade School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades KG - 8
County Bureau County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 83 students
% Male / % Female 46%  /  54%
Total Classroom Teachers 7 teachers
Students by Grade
Kind - 8 students
Grade 1 - 15 students
Grade 2 - 12 students
Grade 3 - 9 students
Grade 4 - 10 students
Grade 5 - 10 students
Grade 6 - 4 students
Grade 7 - 9 students
Grade 8 - 6 students
This School
(IL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:12 1:17
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 1% 3%
% Hispanic 2% 16%
% Black 2% 22%
% White 93% 56%
% Unknown 2 % 5%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 23% 39%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 4% 6%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IL) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Cherry 92 School District
This School's Agency
(IL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 1 3
Number of Students Managed 83 students 907 students
District Total Revenue $817,000 $8,067,000
District Expenditure $760,000 $8,098,000
District Revenue / Student $9,843 $8,894
District Expenditure / Student $9,157 $8,928
In the News:
  • Hundreds gather to remember (Bureau County Republican)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 04:31:29 am
    CHERRY — The gray sky reflected the mood of the hundreds and hundreds of those who came to Cherry Saturday.
  • Honoring History (The Ottawa Times)
    posted on November 16, 2009 at 04:32:59 am
    The small village of Cherry swelled by thousands over the weekend, as crowds came to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the disastrous coal mine fire that killed 259 men and boys in November, 1909. The highlight of the two-day
  • Cherry students display town history (Bureau County Republican)
    posted on November 14, 2009 at 03:16:42 am
    CHERRY — As anyone who has gone to school knows, sometimes it can be difficult for students to connect with their lessons. This isn’t a problem Cherry Elementary students currently face.
  • Cherry Grade School students learn about hometown mining tragedy (The State Journal-Register)
    posted on November 11, 2009 at 05:41:28 am
    Students at Cherry Grade School aren't accustomed to seeing their hometown in the spotlight, but that's what they witnessed Tuesday when they journeyed to Springfield for a new exhibit on the 1909 Cherry Mine disaster.
  • Firefighters become the teachers (Bureau County Republican)
    posted on October 21, 2009 at 08:16:30 pm
    Cherry Grade School sixth-grader Joseph Kobold is nothing but smiles as he sits in the back of a Cherry Fire Department fire truck while eighth-grader Taylor Galassi climbs down to let someone else take a turn up front. Members of the fire department were at the school last week to let the students get a close-up view of some of the equipment and to learn more about what the firefighters do as ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (61317)
School Zip (61317)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 324 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 18% 24%
Population Average Age 38 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $46,964 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.6 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 68 years old 49 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (61317)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 83% / 17% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. Ladd Community Consolidated School District 94 - 188 students - 3.3 mi. away - view location
2. Dalzell Grade School - 69 students - 5.1 mi. away - view location
3. Dimmick Community Consolidated School - 104 students - 5.5 mi. away - view location
4. John F Kennedy Elementary School - 429 students - 6.5 mi. away - view location
5. Lincoln Elementary School - 224 students - 7.0 mi. away - view location
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