Cherokee High School (North Carolina)

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Cherokee High School
Cherokee High School.jpg
Cherokee High School football field
Location
Cherokee High School (North Carolina)
200 Ravensford Drive

Cherokee, North Carolina
28719

United States
Coordinates 35°30′47″N83°17′49″W / 35.51306°N 83.29694°W / 35.51306; -83.29694
Information
School type Public
Established2010(15 years ago) (2010)
School district Cherokee Central Schools
CEEB code 340710
PrincipalWoodreen Caldwell
Teaching staff78.36 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment675 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio8.61 [1]
Campus typeRural
Color(s)Maroon and gold
  
MascotBraves
Website chs.ccs-nc.org

Cherokee High School is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) grant high school located in Cherokee, North Carolina and administered by the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. They have their base in Cherokee. The school was originally housed in a 1950s/1960s building. It moved to a new facility constructed for it, which opened in 2009.

Contents

Cherokee High School is part of the Cherokee Central Schools System. It is the only 9–12 high school on Qualla Boundary, and shares a campus with Cherokee Elementary and Cherokee Middle School. [2]

Accreditation

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Athletics

Cherokee competes at the 1A level in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. They have won state championships in football (2017) [3] and twice in girl's basketball (1996 & 2024) [4]

Notable faculty

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cherokee Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Cherokee High School". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ https://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FB-State-Champ-List-101023.pdf
  4. ↑ https://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Womens-basketball-Champs-and-MVPs.pdf
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