📍 800 e Goingsnake, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, 74464
Cherokee Es is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tahlequah, Cherokee County. The school has 438 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tahlequah school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherokee Es enrolls 438 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% American Indian or Alaska Native, 27% Two or more races and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 159 | 36% |
| Two or more races | 119 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 80 | 18% |
| White | 77 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
324 of the school's 438 students (74%) 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 Es 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 OK-20, state senate district 9, state house district 4.
Cherokee Es is one of 6 schools in TAHLEQUAH, based in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The district serves 3,712 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 438 students, Cherokee Es is smaller than the district average of about 619 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote