Cherokee High School (Rogersville, Tennessee)
| Cherokee Comprehensive High School | |
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| Address | |
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2927 Highway 66 Rogersville, Tennessee USA |
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| Coordinates | 36°21′15″N 83°01′16″W / 36.3543°N 83.02123°WCoordinates: 36°21′15″N 83°01′16″W / 36.3543°N 83.02123°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary School |
| Established | 1980 |
| School district | Hawkins County School System |
| Oversight | Steve Starnes |
| Principal | Thomas Floyd |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,120 |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Athletics | TSSAA District 2 AAA (5A/Football) |
| Mascot | Chiefs |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| ACT average | 18.2 |
| Yearbook | Keetoowah |
| Fight Song | War Chant |
| Website | http://www.hck12.net/cherokee |
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Cherokee Comprehensive High School is a secondary school within the Hawkins County School System near Rogersville, Tennessee.
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.
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
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