📍 206 E. Indian Street, Cherokee, Cherokee County, 51012
Cherokee Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cherokee, Cherokee County. The school has 355 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Krista Miller. It is part of the Cherokee Comm School District school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 65% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cherokee Middle School enrolls 355 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 292 | 82% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 41 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 2.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
150 of the school's 355 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 128 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cherokee Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 IA-40, state senate district 2, state house district 3.
Cherokee Middle School is one of 3 schools in Cherokee Comm School District, based in Cherokee, Iowa. The district serves 1,163 students district-wide and employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 355 students, Cherokee Middle School is close to the district average of about 388 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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