📍 412 e 5th Street, Cherokee, Alfalfa County, 73728
Cherokee Ms is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cherokee, Alfalfa County. The school has 90 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherokee Ms enrolls 90 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 6.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 68 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 8.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
42 of the school's 90 students (47%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. 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 Ms is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 OK-30, state senate district 19, state house district 58.
Cherokee Ms is one of 3 schools in CHEROKEE, based in CHEROKEE, Oklahoma. The district serves 384 students district-wide and employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 90 students, Cherokee Ms is smaller than the district average of about 128 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote