Cherokee Charter Academy

Cherokee Charter Academy is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Canton, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 611 students in kindergarten through 8.

State Specialty Schools I- Cherokee Charter Academy is the district for Cherokee Charter Academy.

Of every 100 students at Cherokee Charter Academy, about 47 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 25% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Cherokee County is about 76% White. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Cherokee Charter Academy are from different groups.

Cherokee Charter Academy has 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. The school's 14.1:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 20%. The 37% average for public schools in Cherokee County is 17 points higher.

In the surrounding county, Cherokee County, median household income comes to about $108,115, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 38, with about 42,642 students.

Sixes Elementary School sits about 1.3 miles from Cherokee Charter Academy. Cherokee Charter Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large). NCES lists Cherokee Charter Academy as a charter school.

Since 2017-18, enrollment has fallen 28%, from 847 to 611. Meanwhile, the White share shrank from 70% to 47% of enrollment. The school's ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 13.2:1 between 2017-18 and 2023-24.

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