The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 75%.
Original Research by School Decision on Cheri Cox El
Cheri Cox Elementary serves pre-K through fourth grade in Sachse, a rapidly growing residential suburb of Dallas in Collin County. The school enrolls a diverse student body in a community that sits in an active growth phase, with families largely moving in for stable owner-occupied housing and well-above-average household incomes.
The student population spans multiple backgrounds. About a third are White, about a third are Hispanic, and roughly a tenth each are Asian and Black. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which means the school serves a meaningful low-income component within its larger middle-to-upper-middle-class setting. Enrollment numbers are healthy and stable for an elementary serving the lower grades, with kindergarten and fourth grade cohorts slightly larger than third grade.
State testing results show proficiency in English language arts running in the strong range: third graders meet state proficiency standards at a solid rate, and fourth graders push higher. Mathematics proficiency is comparably strong. When results are aggregated across tested subjects and grades, Cheri Cox sits in the top quartile among the districts in Collin County on overall proficiency, a position that reflects straightforward solid academic performance. The school reached this standing on the most recently reported assessment cycle.
Math and ELA testing data from Spanish-language assessments appears in the dataset, though the tested counts are very small, likely reflecting a small bilingual cohort. Math results on the Spanish STAAR are not displayed due to low cell sizes.
No information was provided on discipline, attendance, staffing levels, special education identification rates, or English learner enrollment at the school level, so we cannot speak to those dimensions of school environment or support. Graduation rate data does not apply, as the school serves only early grades.
Sachse itself is a car-oriented, growing suburb without a traditional walkable downtown. Commercial life clusters along highway corridors; the city is planning new mixed-use districts to add walkability and gathering places. Residential character is strongly single-family ownership. Median household income in the area runs well above national norms. Housing values have declined modestly year over year, though they remain elevated. The broader region includes parks, a municipal campus with library and community center, and access to DART transit in nearby Garland, though not within Sachse itself.
Wylie Independent School District, the parent district, completed a major bond referendum in late 2023 and is building three new schools, expanding career and technical programs, and introducing full-day pre-K. New attendance zones take effect for the 2025-26 school year, with new intermediate and junior high schools opening in fall 2026. This signals a district in active infrastructure expansion and flux as it accommodates rapid growth. Property tax rates have held flat year over year. Families considering this area would want to verify which elementary their address falls into under the new zone boundaries and whether their children would feed into the new intermediate and junior high schools being built.
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