Cherokee High School (Tennessee)

Cherokee Comprehensive High School
Address
2927 Highway 66 Rogersville, Tennessee USA
Coordinates	36°21′15″N 83°01′16″W / 36.3543°N 83.02123°W / 36.3543; -83.02123Coordinates: 36°21′15″N 83°01′16″W / 36.3543°N 83.02123°W / 36.3543; -83.02123
Information
Type	Secondary School
Established	1980
School district	Hawkins County School System
Oversight	Steve Starnes
Principal	Thomas Floyd
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,120^[1]
Color(s)	Red and Black
Athletics	TSSAA District 2 AAA (5A/Football)
Mascot	Chiefs
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
ACT average	18.2^[1]
Yearbook	Keetoowah
Fight Song	War Chant
Website	http://www.hck12.net/cherokee

Cherokee Comprehensive High School is a secondary school within the Hawkins County School System near Rogersville, Tennessee.

History

Cherokee High School was founded in 1980 after the Hawkins County Board of Education had determined in the mid-1970s that it would be more cost effective for the school system to construct and operate two comprehensive high schools rather than the four community-based high schools it was then operating. The two schools would be centered in the western and eastern ends of the county, to service the county's two main population centers: Rogersville-Bulls Gap-Mooresburg and Church Hill-Mount Carmel-Surgoinsville.^[2]

The same population was being served by Rogersville High School and Bulls Gap High School prior to Cherokee's construction. So that these populations would still be served under the new plan, the Board of Education purchased land as equidistant from Rogersville and Bulls Gap as possible. The present site is located at the intersection of Highway 66 and Highway 70 in the community of Persia.

The school was named after nearby Cherokee Lake.

The high school added a freshman academy program in 2009.

Student demographics

According to a 2015-2016 report card from the Tennessee Department of Education, approximately 33.4% of Cherokee students are considered to be "economically disadvantaged", as that term is defined by the Department.^[1] The same report indicates that, for 2015-16, the student population of Cherokee was distributed as follows: 1160 total

Race	Number	Percentage
White	1,104	95.2 %
African American	25	2.2%
Hispanic	23	2.0%
Native American/Alaskan	3	0.1%
Asian	4	0.1%
Other	1	0.1%

Academics

According to information from a 2015-16 Tennessee Report Card, Cherokee students averaged 21.1, on the ACT.^[1] The report also states that attendance was 93.0% for 2015-16 and the graduation rate was 94.6% in 2016. Over the past decade, since 2007, graduation rates have risen over 32%.

Athletics

The School's mascot was derived from the old Rogersville High Warriors; its colors were taken from the orange-and-black of the old Bulls Gap High and the maroon-and-grey of the old Rogersville to derive the current Red and Black Cherokee Chiefs. Men's and women's varsity, junior varsity, and freshman teams compete in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletics Association Division I, in the following classifications:^[3]

Sport	Classification (2017-2021)	Conference Opponents
Football	Class AAAAA Region 1 (there are 6 classes in TN) (there are 8 regions per class in TN)	Cherokee High School (Rogersville, TN) Cocke Co. High School (Newport, TN) Daniel Boone High School (Gray, TN) David Crockett High School (Jonesborough, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School East (Morristown, TN) Tennessee High School (Bristol, TN) Volunteer High School (Church Hill, TN)
Basketball Baseball Softball	Class AA Region 1 District 1 (Districts 1 & 2 create Region1) (there are 3 classes in TN)	Cherokee High School (Rogersville, TN) Daniel Boone High School (Gray, TN) David Crockett High School (Jonesborough, TN) Dobyns Bennett High School (Kingsport, TN) Science Hill High School (Johnson City, TN) Tennessee High School (Bristol, TN) Volunteer High School (Church Hill, TN)
Cross Country	Large Division Region 1 (23 teams) IMAC Conference (there are small & large divisions in TN) (there are 8 regions in TN)	Cherokee High School (Rogersville, TN) Cocke Co. High School (Newport, TN) Jefferson Co. High School (Dandridge, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School East (Morristown, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School West (Morristown, TN) Sevier Co. High School (Sevierville, TN) Seymour High School (Seymour, TN) South Doyle High School (Knoxville, TN)
Track & Field	Large Division Section 1 (43 teams) IMAC Conference (there are small & large divisions in TN) (there are 4 Sections in TN)	Cherokee High School (Rogersville, TN) Cocke Co. High School (Newport, TN) Jefferson Co. High School (Dandridge, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School East (Morristown, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School West (Morristown, TN) Sevier Co. High School (Sevierville, TN) Seymour High School (Seymour, TN) South Doyle High School (Knoxville, TN)
Golf Tennis	Large Division Region 1 (districts 1 & 2) District 1 (11 teams) IMAC Conference (there are small & large divisions in TN)	Cherokee High School (Rogersville, TN) Cocke Co. High School (Newport, TN) Jefferson Co. High School (Dandridge, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School East (Morristown, TN) Morristown-Hamblen High School West (Morristown, TN) Sevier Co. High School (Sevierville, TN) Seymour High School (Seymour, TN) South Doyle High School (Knoxville, TN)
Soccer	Class AA Region 2 (districts 3 & 4) District 3 (5 teams) (there are 3 classes in TN)
Volleball	Class AAA Region 1 (districts 1 & 2) District 2 (5 teams) (there are 3 classes in TN) (8 regions per class in TN )
Bowling	Region 1 (there are 8 regions in TN)
Wrestling	Class AAA Region 1 (districts 1 & 2) District 1 (6 teams) in a Co-Op with Volunteer High.
Swimming	Not a TSSAA sanctioned sport. Cherokee High is in a Co-Op with Volunteer High in Swimming.

References

1 2 3 4 According to the 2011 school year data from the Tennessee Department of Education
↑ See the history of Hawkins County Schools at the school system website Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine..
↑ "Classifications". Tennessee Secondary School Athletics Association. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

External links

Cherokee High School official website
Hawkins County School System official website

Rogersville, Tennessee
Places	Amis House Ebbing and Flowing Spring Hale Springs Inn Hawkins County Courthouse Overton Lodge Price Public Elementary School Rogersville Historic District St. Marks Presbyterian Church
History	Battle of Rogersville Heritage Days The Knoxville Gazette Pressmen's Home The Rogersville Review Rogersville Synodical College
People	Senator George L. Berry Charlie Chase Ruth Hale Congressman Bill Jenkins Congressman Samuel Powell Joseph Rogers Bob Smith General A. P. Stewart, C.S.A. Mayors of Rogersville

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