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Cherokee Elementary School

Serves grades 3 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
3300 Highway 79 S
Guntersville, AL 35976
Phone
(256) 582-3908
District
GUNTERSVILLE CITY
County
MARSHALL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
379
Classroom Teachers
20

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.8% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Cherokee Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
64%
45%
61%
51%
66%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
59%
41%
61%
52%
57%
31%
59%
41%
61%
52%
57%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
38%
53%
46%
37%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
19
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 111 29.3%
Grade 4 132 34.8%
Grade 5 136 35.9%
Total 379 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.5% 78.5% 54.3%
Black 12.8% 11.5% 32.9%
Hispanic 10.3% 7.6% 10.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 1.2% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.6% 1.2% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 47.2% 40.7% 48.6%
Free lunch eligible 38.3% 34.0% 43.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.0% 6.7% 4.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,559 5,074,296
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 375.5 100
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.1% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.1% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.3% 25.7%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 17.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,296 1,933,150
Single Parent Households With Children 11.9% 8.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.4% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 34.3% 27.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.1% 13.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.9% 14.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.1% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.3% 16.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.8% 14.2%
$15,000 or less 16.9% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,010 $11,136,530 51.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $882 $1,634,346 7.6%
Staff $407 $754,171 3.5%
General Administration $314 $581,842 2.7%
School Administration $542 $1,004,326 4.7%
Operation $1,254 $2,323,662 10.8%
Transportation $395 $731,935 3.4%
Other $243 $450,279 2.1%
Total Support $4,038 $7,482,414 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,570 $2,909,210 13.5%
Total Expenditures $11,618 $21,528,154 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,852 $4,378,921,181 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $672 $503,210,801 5.9%
Staff $420 $314,426,678 3.7%
General Administration $255 $190,912,687 2.2%
School Administration $638 $477,048,287 5.6%
Operation $962 $719,909,289 8.5%
Transportation $492 $368,218,721 4.3%
Other $242 $181,267,301 2.1%
Total Support $3,682 $2,754,922,689 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,821 $1,362,666,859 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,355 $8,496,484,393 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%