Cherokee Elementary

Cherokee Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Johnson City, Tennessee. The latest federal count shows 345 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 470-student average for elementary schools in Tennessee, enrollment here is 27% lower.

Johnson City has 11 schools; together they serve 7,818 students.

Roughly 58% of students at Cherokee Elementary are White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. Among all residents of Washington County, the White share is about 87%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Census Bureau estimates for Washington County show that the median household income is $62,809, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 30 public schools in Washington County, enrolling about 15,787 students in all.

The nearest public school is University School, at about 1.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment is down 12% from 2020-21, when Cherokee Elementary had 393 students, to 2024-25, when it had 345.

The Cherokee Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.