Regular local school district · Swain County
Cherokee Central High School, BI: schools, enrollment and spending
Cherokee Central High School runs 1 public school with 693 students in grades 6 to 12. Its ratio of 7.7 students per teacher is 4.5 lower than the Bureau of Indian Education figure of 12.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 693
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90
- Students per teacher
- 7.7
- BI: 12.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 Ravensford Drive, Cherokee, BI 28719
- Phone
- (828)554-5030
- County
- Swain County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- 6 to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5900101
- State district ID
- BI-D52S03
- Total staff (FTE)
- 196
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 347 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.7
Bureau of Indian Education12.2
United States15.3
Schools in Cherokee Central High School
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cherokee Central High School | High | 6 to 12 | 693 | 7.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Swain County
- Cherokee Central Elementary School 607 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.