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Cherokee County Schools

NCES agency ID 3700780 · Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

At a glance

Reported students

2,992

NCES CCD 2024–25

Open schools

13

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Student–teacher ratio

14.7:1

Calculated from NCES 2024–25 enrollment and teacher FTE

Spending per pupil

$14,303

Current expenditure · FY 2023 F-33

Instruction per pupil

$8,558

Calculated from FY 2023 F-33

Grades served

PK–13

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Historical enrollment and staffing · CRDC 2021–22

These older figures are kept separate from 2024–25 statistics and benchmarks. Agency figures aggregate matched current school records; they may not cover the complete historical district.

Students
2,847
Teachers (FTE)
252
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1

What current records say about Cherokee County Schools

Cherokee County Schools operates 13 current public-school records serving grades PK–13 in Marble, North Carolina. NCES reports 2,992 students and 203.6 classroom teacher FTE for 2024–25.

Within North Carolina agencies of the same NCES type, it ranks 79 of 121 with reported enrollment. That position describes scale only—it does not say whether individual schools are a good fit for a particular student.

FY 2023 finance records show $14,303 in current expenditure per pupil and $8,558 per pupil assigned to instruction. Within the same NCES agency type, this places reported current spending 40 of 119 in North Carolina. Local wages, transportation, special education, facilities, and agency responsibilities all affect this comparison.

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Reported needs and resources

English learners
1.5%
Students with disabilities (IDEA)
16.8%
Classroom teachers (FTE)
203.6
Current expenditure (FY 2023)
$44,998,000

Context measures describe who a district serves and its resources. They are not negative rating inputs.

Cherokee County Schools

Marble, North Carolina

NCES EDGE 2024–25 · 35.1790, -83.9209

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Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White82.9%
  • Hispanic7.9%
  • Black2%
  • Asian0.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
  • Multiracial5.6%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22 matched schools. Totals can differ due to rounding or source privacy rules.

Explore schools in Cherokee County Schools

13 current directory entries

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Showing 1–13 of 13 schools · enrollment and ratios: NCES 2024–25. Scroll the table to see all columns.

Schools, grade spans, enrollment, and student–teacher ratios
SchoolLevel / gradesStudentsRatioCompare
Andrews ElementaryElementaryPK–0533014.3:1
Andrews HighHigh09–1222924:1
Andrews MiddleMiddle06–0816713.1:1
Hiwassee Dam HighHigh09–1213715.9:1
Hiwassee Dam MiddleMiddle06–0812213.6:1
Martins Creek ElementaryElementaryPK–0513714.6:1
Murphy ElementaryElementaryPK–0546711.9:1
Murphy HighHigh09–1242420.9:1
Murphy MiddleMiddle06–0835315.4:1
Peachtree ElementaryElementaryPK–0516611.7:1
Ranger ElementaryElementaryPK–0526413.3:1
The Oaks AcademyHigh06–12437.4:1
Tri-County Early College HighHigh09–1315318.5:1