📍 3206 Cherokee Avenue, Gaffney, Cherokee County, 29340
Cherokee Charter School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gaffney, Cherokee County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Charter Institute at Erskine school district. It serves grades Pre-K–7 in a rural setting. The school employs 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cherokee Charter School enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–7. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 16% Black or African American and 6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 360 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
421 of the school's 480 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 348 qualify for free lunch and 73 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 Charter School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 SC-50, state senate district 14, state house district 30.
Cherokee Charter School is one of 24 schools in Charter Institute at Erskine, based in Columbia, South Carolina. The district serves 26,014 students district-wide and employs 1,131 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Cherokee Charter School is smaller than the district average of about 1,084 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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