Cherokee Bluff Middle

Cherokee Bluff Middle serves students in Flowery Branch, Georgia, as a medium-sized middle school. The student body numbers 828 students, from grades 6 through 8.

Hall County serves 28,028 students across 38 schools.

White students account for 63% of enrollment at Cherokee Bluff Middle. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Hall County is about 63% White. By the diversity index, Cherokee Bluff Middle comes in at 54%.

The school reports 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 15.4 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 37% of students. The average for public schools in Hall County is 64%.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cherokee Bluff Middle, the prediction is 58.4% and the result is 52.6%.

Census Bureau estimates for Hall County show that median household income is about $80,901, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 49 public schools operate in Hall County, serving about 36,525 students.

The closest public school, Cherokee Bluff High School, is about 0.4 miles from Cherokee Bluff Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cherokee Bluff Middle is 2nd on average proficiency.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment was 794 in 2020-21 and 828 in 2024-25, a rise of 34 students.

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