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Enrollment
2,021
High
DISTRICT 1,940 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111002100
Sequoyah High School
4485 Hickory Rd, Canton, GA 30115 · (770) 721-3200 · Cherokee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,021 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Georgia public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
121 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
531 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 501 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 506 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 514 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 500 | 25% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
59.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +25.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 26 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.2% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sequoyah High School
Sequoyah High School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoyah High School this school | 2,021 | 26.3% | 56.5% |
| River Ridge High School Woodstock | 1,902 | 29.8% | 75.1% |
| Mountain Education High School Cleveland | 1,692 | 32.3% | N/A |
| North Forsyth High School Cumming | 2,151 | 22.9% | 54.3% |
| Richmond Hill High School Richmond Hill | 2,671 | 26.4% | 62.5% |
| Allatoona High School Acworth | 1,560 | 29.4% | 62.1% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sequoyah High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #83 of 411 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #73 of 417 ▲ 13 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,021 | #64 of 480 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #258 of 413 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #237 of 413 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #393 of 425 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #170 of 226 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,021
-68 (-3%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,447
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,021 | 121.4 | 16.6:1 | 26% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 2,101 | 124.8 | 16.8:1 | 27% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 2,083 | 129.4 | 16.1:1 | 19% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 2,089 | 117 | 17.9:1 | 17% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 1,938 | 108.9 | 17.8:1 | 21% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 1,828 | 101 | 18.1:1 | 23% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 1,746 | 103 | 16.9:1 | 24% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 1,586 | 98 | 16.2:1 | 4% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 1,447 | 81 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoyah High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,938 to 2,021); teachers up 11% (108.9 to 121.4).
About Sequoyah High School
Sequoyah High School is a large high school in Canton, Georgia, administered by Cherokee County. It has an enrollment of 2,021 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,120 students for high schools in Georgia.
A total of 37 schools make up Cherokee County, with 42,031 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Sequoyah High School is 66% White. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Cherokee County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Sequoyah High School lists 121.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. The school's 16.6:1 compares with an average of 15.2:1 for high schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 26% of the student body. The rate at public schools in Cherokee County averages 37%, higher than here.
Among Georgia public high schools, Sequoyah High School outscored 63%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sequoyah High School is 7.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 56.5%. Predicted: 63.8%.
The county, Cherokee County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $108,115 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Cherokee County has 38 public schools with about 42,642 students, including Sequoyah High School.
The closest school to Sequoyah High School is Hickory Flat Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. Sequoyah High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Sequoyah High School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 56.5% versus a 59.6% average.
NCES assigns Sequoyah High School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 2,021, compared with 2,089 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.9:1 to 16.6:1.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
Other schools in Canton
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Teasley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,586 students
- Dean Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,543 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,503 students
- William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,119 students
Other Sequoyah High schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sequoyah High. Sequoyah High School is the largest of the 5.
- Sequoyah High SchoolMadisonville, TN · 766 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolClaremore, OK · 366 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolTahlequah, OK · 318 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolSoddy Daisy, TN · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Hickory Flat Elementary School0.3 mi · 890
- Dean Rusk Middle School0.4 mi · 1,543
- Holly Springs Elementary School2.4 mi · 831
- Indian Knoll Elementary2.6 mi · 881
- Mountain Road Elementary School2.6 mi · 370
- Avery Elementary School3.6 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoyah High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sequoyah High School?
Sequoyah High School enrolls approximately 2,021 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sequoyah High School serve?
Sequoyah High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sequoyah High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sequoyah High School is approximately 16.6:1 (121 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sequoyah High School?
Student demographics at Sequoyah High School are roughly 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoyah High School?
Sequoyah High School is overseen by Cherokee County in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.