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Cherry Creek Elementary School
1111 Ortman Road, Marquette, MI, 49855-8919 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Cherry Creek Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades KG - 3
County Marquette County, MI
Students & Faculty
Total Students 331 students
% Male / % Female 55%  /  45%
Total Classroom Teachers 18 teachers
Students by Grade
Kind - 85 students
Grade 1 - 69 students
Grade 2 - 91 students
Grade 3 - 75 students
Grade Not Listed - 11 students
This School
(MI) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:18 1:18
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(MI) School Average
% American Indian 8% n/a
% Asian 1% 2%
% Hispanic n/a 5%
% Black 1% 23%
% White 90% 67%
Additional Student Information
This School
(MI) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 19% 35%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 7% 7%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(MI) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Marquette Area Public s School District
This School's Agency
(MI) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 8 4
Number of Students Managed 3,878 students 1,295 students
District Total Revenue $29,903,000 $12,309,000
District Expenditure $29,893,000 $12,421,000
District Revenue / Student $7,711 $9,505
District Expenditure / Student $7,708 $9,592
In the News:
  • Class size forces change (The Mining Journal)
    posted on September 1, 2009 at 02:46:03 pm
    MARQUETTE - Courtney Reider, 8, of Harvey cried all day when she found out that she will be spending her fourth-grade year at Superior Hills and not Cherry Creek Elementary School, said her father, Fred. "We come home Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. We got a phone call from the Cherry Creek principal," he said.
  • MAPS approves privatization of some custodial duties (The Mining Journal)
    posted on July 28, 2009 at 02:42:24 pm
    MARQUETTE - The Marquette school board voted Monday to privatize custodial services at the district's central administration offices. "It had to do with quality of the cleaning," said Mark Smith, board secretary and treasurer. "There was a discussion of timing and the sensitive nature of documents in the office.
  • New grades at North Star? (The Mining Journal)
    posted on May 1, 2009 at 06:12:04 pm
    MARQUETTE - North Star Academy is just a few steps away from officially offering an elementary school in 2009-10. The Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees was scheduled to approve the charter school's renewal, including a kindergarten (Young 5) through fifth grades, at its meeting this morning. "The board requested a K-12 charter.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (49855)
School Zip (49855)
(MI) State Average
Population (Approximate) 32,378 people 9,669,191 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 37% 24%
Population Average Age 35 years old 34 years old
Average Household size 2.3 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $35,911 $43,870
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.2 rooms 5.5 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 41 years old 46 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (49855)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 62% / 38% 70% / 30%
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5. Marquette Community Schools - 61 students - 6.0 mi. away - view location
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