📍 3061 Kimball Ave, Memphis, Shelby County, 38114
Cherokee Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Memphis, Shelby County. The school has 395 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherokee Elementary enrolls 395 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 32.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 359 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.8% |
| White | 5 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Cherokee Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 33, state house district 93.
Cherokee Elementary is one of 222 schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The district serves 111,124 students district-wide and employs 6,885 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 395 students, Cherokee Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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