Elementary · Alabama
Cherokee Elementary School
Free meals for allCherokee Elementary School, a public elementary school in Cherokee, Alabama: grades pre-k–6, 226 students, 15.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Colbert County.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 226
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.9
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 16.9 · 697 schools compared
More students per teacher than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 90% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 468 · 702 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alabama: 60%64%proficient
+6.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 51% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 63% · 598 elementary schools compared
77 students tested, grades 4, 6 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
Alabama: 35%49%proficient
−5.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in Alabama
Median 42% · 604 elementary schools compared
105 students tested, grades 3, 4, 6 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Colbert County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Colbert County.
Location
- Address
- 1305 North Pike, Cherokee, AL 35616
- Phone
- (256)359-6422
- City or town
- Cherokee
- County
- Colbert County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Central Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 713 | 17.2 |
New Bethel Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 159 | 15.0 |
| K–4 | 414 | 14.2 | |
R E Thompson Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 360 | 14.9 |
WA Threadgill Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 344 | 14.6 |
L E Willson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–6 | 253 | 14.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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