Regular local school district · Swain County
Cherokee Central Elementary School, BI: schools, enrollment and spending
Cherokee Central Elementary School runs 1 public school with 607 students in grades K to 5. Its ratio of 6.5 students per teacher is 5.7 lower than the Bureau of Indian Education figure of 12.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 607
- Teachers (FTE)
- 93
- Students per teacher
- 6.5
- BI: 12.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 130 Ravensford Drive, Cherokee, BI 28719
- Phone
- (828)554-5020
- County
- Swain County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 5
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5900066
- State district ID
- BI-D52S04
- Total staff (FTE)
- 185
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 304 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district6.5
Bureau of Indian Education12.2
United States15.3
Schools in Cherokee Central Elementary School
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cherokee Central Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 607 | 6.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Swain County
- Cherokee Central High School 693 students
More in Bureau of Indian Education
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.