📍 3300 Highway 79 South, Guntersville, Marshall County, 35976
Cherokee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Guntersville, Marshall County. The school has 387 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Guntersville City school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls 387 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 13% Black or African American and 7.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 290 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
208 of the school's 387 students (54%) 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 small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 4 schools in Guntersville City, based in Guntersville, Alabama. The district serves 1,810 students district-wide and employs 105 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 387 students, Cherokee Elementary School is close to the district average of about 453 students per school.
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