Type Secondary School Oversight Steve Starnes Grades 9-12 Phone +1 423-272-6507 Colors Black, Red | Established 1980 Principal Thomas Floyd Enrollment 1,120 Number of students 1,120 | |
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District Hawkins County School District Similar Saint Clair Elementary School, Hawkins County School B, Volunteer High School, Morristow High School W | ||
Cherokee Comprehensive High School is a secondary school within the Hawkins County School System near Rogersville, Tennessee.
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History
Cherokee High School was founded in 1980 after the Hawkins County Board of Education had determined in the mid-1970s that it would be more cost effective for the school system to construct and operate two comprehensive high schools rather than the four community-based high schools it was then operating. The two schools would be centered in the western and eastern ends of the county, to service the county's two main population centers: Rogersville-Bulls Gap-Mooresburg and Church Hill-Mount Carmel-Surgoinsville.
The same population was being served by Rogersville High School and Bulls Gap High School prior to Cherokee's construction. So that these populations would still be served under the new plan, the Board of Education purchased land as equidistant from Rogersville and Bulls Gap as possible. The present site is located at the intersection of Highway 66 and Highway 70 in the community of Persia.
The school was named after nearby Cherokee Lake.
The high school added a freshman academy program in 2009.
Student demographics
According to a 2015-2016 report card from the Tennessee Department of Education, approximately 33.4% of Cherokee students are considered to be "economically disadvantaged", as that term is defined by the Department. The same report indicates that, for 2015-16, the student population of Cherokee was distributed as follows: 1160 total
Academics
According to information from a 2015-16 Tennessee Report Card, Cherokee students averaged 21.1, on the ACT. The report also states that attendance was 93.0% for 2015-16 and the graduation rate was 94.6% in 2016. Over the past decade, since 2007, graduation rates have risen over 32%.
Athletics
The School's mascot was derived from the old Rogersville High Warriors; its colors were taken from the orange-and-black of the old Bulls Gap High and the maroon-and-grey of the old Rogersville to derive the current Red and Black Cherokee Chiefs. Men's and women's varsity, junior varsity, and freshman teams compete in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletics Association Division I, in the following classifications: