Regular local school district · Cherokee County
Cherokee County Public Schools, AL: schools, enrollment and spending
Cherokee County Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 3,860 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Alabama figure of 17.2.Listed in NCES data as "Cherokee County".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,860
- Teachers (FTE)
- 218
- Students per teacher
- 17.7
- AL: 17.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 130 E Main St, Centre, AL 35960
- Phone
- (256)927-3362
- County
- Cherokee County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0100630
- State district ID
- AL-010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 459
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 386 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.7
Alabama17.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,833), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.0 million
- State revenue
- $28.0 million
- Local revenue
- $13.0 million
- Total spending
- $49.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,935
- Salaries
- $25.1 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.0%
- State: 56.1%
- Local: 26.0%
Alabama overall
- Federal: 15.3%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 31.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,935
Alabama$12,393
United States$16,826
Schools in Cherokee County Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 4 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedar Bluff High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 623 | 16.8 |
| Centre Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 665 | 17.1 |
| Centre Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 450 | 21.4 |
| Cherokee County Career Technology Center | High | 7 to 12 | ||
| Cherokee County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 448 | 19.5 |
| Gaylesville High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 341 | 15.5 |
| Sand Rock High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 783 | 18.6 |
| Spring Garden High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 550 | 17.7 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.