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Cherokee High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
930 Marietta Hwy
Canton, GA 30114
Phone
(770) 721-5300
District
Cherokee County
County
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
3011
Classroom Teachers
199

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 49.1% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Cherokee High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
33%
42%
39%
27%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 879 29.2%
Grade 10 831 27.6%
Grade 11 686 22.8%
Grade 12 615 20.4%
Total 3011 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 54.2% 64.3% 37.7%
Black 8.6% 8.5% 38.1%
Hispanic 36.2% 24.4% 18.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 2.6% 4.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 45.3% 36.7% 59.6%
Free lunch eligible 39.7% 30.6% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.6% 6.0% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 274,505 11,029,227
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 650.6 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.2% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 33.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 25.3%
65 OR OLDER 15.4% 14.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 99,116 4,008,013
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.1% 89.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.5% 34.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 30.5% 19.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.5% 17.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.1% 16.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.3% 14.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.2% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,785 $327,084,000 58.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $748 $31,430,000 5.7%
Staff $778 $32,680,000 5.9%
General Administration $91 $3,806,000 0.7%
School Administration $685 $28,795,000 5.2%
Operation $750 $31,494,000 5.7%
Transportation $616 $25,867,000 4.7%
Other $194 $8,164,000 1.5%
Total Support $3,861 $162,236,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,591 $66,858,000 12.0%
Total Expenditures $13,237 $556,178,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,329 $12,833,075,000 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $706 $1,235,717,000 5.3%
Staff $605 $1,058,876,000 4.5%
General Administration $183 $320,510,000 1.4%
School Administration $769 $1,346,775,000 5.7%
Operation $899 $1,574,443,000 6.7%
Transportation $500 $876,278,000 3.7%
Other $419 $734,414,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,082 $7,147,013,000 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,995 $3,493,141,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $13,406 $23,473,229,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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