📍 1305 North Pike, Cherokee, Colbert County, 35616
Cherokee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cherokee, Colbert County. The school has 228 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Colbert County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls 228 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 7% Black or African American and 5.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 190 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
104 of the school's 228 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cherokee Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Cherokee Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Colbert County, based in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The district serves 2,573 students district-wide and employs 182 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 228 students, Cherokee Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 322 students per school.
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