CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in HARDY, Arkansas, CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, overseen by HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 581 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 39% above typical.

Across the 3 schools in HIGHLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,499 students total), CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Sharp County shows median household earnings sit near $44,637, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Sharp County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,738 students), of which CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 623 (now 581). Class-load math has fell: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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