Cherokee County (North Carolina) School District

Cherokee County School District
Address
911 Andrews Road
Murphy, North Carolina, 28906
 United States
Coordinates [1]
Information
Superintendent Dr. Stephen Lane
Faculty 524 (281 full time teachers)
Grades Pre-K - 12
Enrollment 3,820
Telephone 828 837-2722
Website

The Cherokee County School District manages the 13 schools in Cherokee County, NC, USA with an enrollment of 3,820 students and a 12.7 student to teacher ratio.[2]

The School Superintendent is Dr. Stephen Lane.[3]

Contents

Schools

Elementary Schools

Elementary-Middle Schools

Hiwassee Dam Elementary Middle School is a primary school offering grades K-8 located in Murphy, North Carolina.[7][8]

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,[9] 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 [10][11][12]

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.[13][14][15]

Murphy Middle School is a middle school located in Murphy, North Carolina. It serves grades 6-8, has approximately 350 students.[16][17][18]

High Schools

Other Schools

Mountain Youth Center

References

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