Cherokee Charter Academy

In Gaffney, South Carolina, part of Cherokee County, Cherokee Charter Academy is a school serving multiple grade levels. It enrolls 633 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 9. That puts enrollment 41% below the 1,077-student average for combined schools in South Carolina.

Charter Institute at Erskine oversees Cherokee Charter Academy and 29 other schools, with 28,041 students in total.

More than half of enrollment at Cherokee Charter Academy is White: 68%. The remaining shares are 18% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. In Cherokee County overall, the White share is about 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cherokee Charter Academy scores 49%.

The school has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.1 students per teacher. Combined schools in South Carolina average 13.7:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here.

American Community Survey estimates for Cherokee County show that median household income comes to about $50,288, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 8,402 students.

Among nearby public schools, John E. Ewing Middle is closest at about 2.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7.

Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe. Charter status: Cherokee Charter Academy is a public charter school.

Federal counts for Cherokee Charter Academy: 425 students in 2020-21, 633 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered.

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