Cherokee County Schools (North Carolina)


The Cherokee County Schools manages the 13 schools in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, with an enrollment of 3,820 students and a 12.7:1 student to teacher ratio.
The School Superintendent is Dr. Jeana Conley.

Schools

Elementary schools

Hiwassee Dam Elementary Middle School is a primary school offering grades K-8 located in Murphy, North Carolina.
Martins Creek Elementary-Middle School is a primary school with an enrollment of approximately 265 students in grades Pre-K through 8th grade. The 61 acre campus includes playgrounds, hiking trails, mountain biking trails and a multi-functional gymnasium. The school has received numerous awards and distinctions including being in the top 25 Schools of Excellence in the North Carolina ABC program, a School of Distinction, a School of Exemplary Growth and was included in PC Magazine's Top 100 Wired Schools in the nation. It is also one of the few schools in the state to be recognized as achieving exemplary growth every year since the ABCs Program began
Ranger Elementary Middle also offers grades K-8 in Murphy, North Carolina.

Middle schools

Andrews Middle School in Andrews, North Carolina serves grades 6-8 and is one of only four middle schools in the Cherokee School District. As of 2007 it had an active enrollment of 255 students and a full-time teaching staff of 24 teachers giving an average of 11 students per teacher.
Murphy Middle School is a middle school located in Murphy, North Carolina. It serves grades 6-8, has approximately 350 students.

High schools

On May 28, 2020, the Cherokee County Board of Education voted to build one high school, expected to open by 2025 next to Tri County Early College, an alternative middle/high school. The new school would replace Andrews High, Hiwassee Dam High School and Murphy High. A $15 million grant from the state of North Carolina would help with the cost.

Other schools