Cherokee High School | |
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Location | |
200 Ravensford Drive 28719 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°21′13″N 83°11′59″W / 35.35361°N 83.19972°W |
Information | |
School type | Public |
Established | 2010 |
School district | Cherokee Central Schools |
CEEB code | 340710 |
Principal | Woodreen Caldwell |
Faculty | 125.00 (FTE)[1] |
Enrollment | 586 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 4.69[1] |
Campus type | Rural |
Color(s) | Maroon and gold |
Mascot | Braves |
Website | chs |
Cherokee High School is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) grant high school located in Cherokee, North Carolina and administered by the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. They have their base in Cherokee. The school was originally housed in a 1950s/1960s building. It moved to a new facility constructed for it, which opened in 2009.
Cherokee High School is part of the Cherokee Central Schools System. It is the only 9–12 high school on Qualla Boundary, and shares a campus with Cherokee Elementary and Cherokee Middle School.[2]
The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
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Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Alaska was formerly a Bureau of Indian Affairs school but is now directly overseen by the State of Alaska Eight Mile School District (Trenton, ND) was BIE/OIE-funded from 1987 to 2008 |