Cherokee County Schools (North Carolina)

Cherokee County Schools
Address
911 Andrews Road
Murphy, North Carolina, 28906
 United States
Coordinates 35°05′23″N 84°01′48″W / 35.089722°N 84.03°W / 35.089722; -84.03Coordinates: 35°05′23″N 84°01′48″W / 35.089722°N 84.03°W / 35.089722; -84.03[1]
Information
NCES District ID 3700780[2]
Superintendent Jeana Conley
Faculty 249.87 (FTE)
Grades Pre-K - 12
Enrollment 3,571
Budget $ 38,240,000
Website www.cherokee.k12.nc.us

The Cherokee County Schools manages the 13 schools in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, with an enrollment of 3,820 students and a 12.7:1 student to teacher ratio.[3]

The School Superintendent is Jeana Hardin.[4]

Schools

Elementary schools

Elementary-middle schools

Hiwassee Dam Elementary Middle School is a primary school offering grades K-8 located in Murphy, North Carolina.[8][9]

Martins Creek Elementary-Middle School is a primary school with an enrollment of approximately 265 students in grades Pre-K through 8th grade. The 61 acre campus includes playgrounds, hiking trails, mountain biking trails and a multi-functional gymnasium. The school has received numerous awards and distinctions including being in the top 25 Schools of Excellence in the North Carolina ABC program,[10] a School of Distinction, a School of Exemplary Growth and was included in PC Magazine's Top 100 Wired Schools in the nation. It is also one of the few schools in the state to be recognized as achieving exemplary growth every year since the ABCs Program began [11][12][13]

Ranger Elementary Middle also offers grades K-8 in Murphy, North Carolina.

Middle schools

Andrews Middle School in Andrews, North Carolina serves grades 6-8 and is one of only four middle schools in the Cherokee School District. As of 2007 it had an active enrollment of 255 students and a full-time teaching staff of 24 teachers giving an average of 11 students per teacher.[14][15][16]

Murphy Middle School is a middle school located in Murphy, North Carolina. It serves grades 6-8, has approximately 350 students.[17][18][19]

High schools

Other schools

References

  1. ↑ "Free US Geocoder". Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Cherokee County Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NC Educationbug.org - Cherokee County School District". North-carolina.educationbug.org. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  4. ↑ "Cherokee County Schools". Cherokee.k12.nc.us. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  5. ↑ "Official Website". Cherokeecounty.nc.schoolwebpages.com. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Murphy Elementary on". Psk12.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  7. ↑ "Murphy Elementary on Greatschools". Greatschools.org. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  8. ↑ "Hiwassee Dam Elementary Middle Homepage". Cherokeecounty.nc.schoolwebpages.com. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  9. ↑ "Hdems On". Psk12.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  10. ↑ "North Carolina ABC top 25 Schools" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  11. ↑ "Martins Creek Elementary Middle School Official Website". Cherokeecounty.nc.schoolwebpages.com. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  12. ↑ "Martins Creek Elementary Middle on". Psk12.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  13. ↑ "Martins Creek Elementary Middle on Greatschools". Greatschools.org. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  14. ↑ "Andrews Middle Home Page". Cherokeecounty.nc.schoolwebpages.com. 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  15. ↑ "Andrews Middle on Greatschools". Greatschools.org. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  16. ↑ "Andrews Middle School on". Psk12.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  17. ↑ "Murphy Middle School Official Website". Greatschools.org. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  18. ↑ "Murphy Middle on". Psk12.com. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  19. ↑ "Murphy Middle on Greatschools". Greatschools.org. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-05-02.

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