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Cherokee County School District

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Cherokee County School District is located in northeast Alabama. Cherokee County School District has 553.70 square miles of land area and 46.28 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Cherokee County School District population is 26,042. Cherokee County School District median household income is $34,983 in 2010-2014. Cherokee County School District median house value is $98,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Cherokee County School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (58 out of 131, top 44%) Elementary/Middle School: (74 out of 132, bottom 44%)* Rank: #68
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	8
Population	26,042 (2010-2014), rank #45
Population Growth	6.61% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	43.40/sq mi, rank #93
Median Household Income:	$34,983 at 2010-2014—-13.06% increase since 2005-2009, rank #87
Median House Price:	$98,500 at 2010-2014—2.39% increase since 2005-2009, rank #68
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	553.70 sq mi, rank #53
Water Area:	46.28 sq mi (7.71%), rank #5
State:	Alabama
County:	Cherokee County
City:	Centre, Piedmont, Spring Garden, Leesburg, Gadsden, Collinsville, Cedar Bluff, Fort Payne, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Mentone, Rome, Broomtown
Zip:	35960, 36272, 35983, 35901, 35961, 35959, 35967, 35903, 35973, 35984, 30165
Area:	Anniston-Oxford, AL;Gadsden, AL;Fort Payne, AL;Rome, GA

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Cherokee County School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

130 East Main St

Centre AL, 35960, Cherokee County

Phone: 256-927-3362

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,049	4,123	4,087	4,081	4,105	4,084	4,164
English Language Learner Students:	11	NA	14	16	17	17	19
Total Teachers:	318.25	319.60	277.76	294.32	280.22	272.00	280.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	29.50	30.00	28.00	30.00	33.50	26.00	29.50
Elementary:	179.50	145.00	128.00	134.00	123.75	121.00	126.00
Secondary:	108.25	140.60	121.76	130.32	122.97	125.00	125.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	277.81	0.00	235.31	245.06	228.44	284.90	340.60
Instructional Aides:	31.50	NA	20.50	20.00	NA	0.00	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.89	NA	5.10	5.10	NA	38.90	NA
Total Guidance Counselors:	11.00	NA	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.50	11.50
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.50	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	NA	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	4.00	NA	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	7.00	NA	7.00	7.25	7.25	7.30	7.30
Library/Media Support:	0.00	NA	6.50	5.00	5.50	5.50	5.00
District Administrators:	3.60	NA	2.50	2.50	3.50	3.50	1.00
District Administrative Support:	5.37	NA	8.50	10.00	10.50	10.00	NA
School Administrators:	19.01	NA	14.00	14.50	15.50	16.30	19.30
School Administrative Support:	13.13	NA	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	37.20
Student Support Services:	19.00	NA	16.40	15.40	17.40	18.50	14.00
Other Support Services:	166.31	NA	132.81	143.31	146.79	162.40	245.30
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.72	12.90	14.71	13.87	14.65	15.01	14.84

Schools

Cedar Bluff High School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	3655 Old Hwy 9, Cedar Bluff AL 35959
Centre Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 4	725 East Main St, Centre AL 35960
Centre Middle School	Grade 5 to Grade 8	1920 East Main St, Centre AL 35960
Cherokee Co Career & Technology Center	Grade 7 to Grade 12	600 Bay Springs Rd, Centre AL 35960
Cherokee Co High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	910 Warrior Dr, Centre AL 35960
Gaylesville High School	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	760 Trojan Way, Gaylesville AL 35973
Sand Rock High School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	1950 Sand Rock Ave, Leesburg AL 35983
Spring Garden High School	Prekindergarten to Grade 12	2430 County Rd 29, Spring Garden AL 36275

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ADAW Test
2004	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	54.5%	46.9%
2005	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	31%	44.8%
2006	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	57.4%	49%
2008	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	49.84%	46.76%
2009	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	40.41%	42.56%
2004	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	62.5%	65%
2005	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	53.4%	64.3%
2006	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	62.5%	69%
2008	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	58.14%	64.91%
2009	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	77%	76.43%
2004	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	68.4%	60.3%
2005	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	40%	56.8%
2006	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	69.7%	63.6%
2008	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	59.54%	61.3%
2009	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	59.23%	61.43%
2004	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	63.8%	56.7%
2005	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	48.9%	54.6%
2006	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	57.8%	59.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	52.85%	59.53%
2009	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	51.21%	57.81%
2004	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	53.8%	50.6%
2005	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	37.9%	42.2%
2006	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	49.6%	45%
2008	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	35%	37.08%
2009	Grammar and Usage	5th Grade	% met std	27.99%	37.25%
2004	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	57.3%
2005	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	54.1%	58.7%
2006	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	59%	64%
2008	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	51.6%	62.46%
2009	Holistic Composition	5th Grade	% met std	55.8%	64.88%
2004	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	47.3%	48.9%
2005	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	38.2%	44.4%
2006	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	48.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	36.79%	43.41%
2009	Sentence Formation	5th Grade	% met std	40.88%	43.74%
2004	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	44.9%	47%
2005	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	42.6%
2006	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	47.8%	48.1%
2008	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	36.79%	39.83%
2009	Writing Mechanics	5th Grade	% met std	38.05%	40.59%
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	40.9%	42%
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	46.5%	41%
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	41.2%	45.4%
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	54.34%	46.94%
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	50.8%	56.16%
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	60%	55.7%
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	62.4%	63%
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	50.1%	60%
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	71.06%	65.27%
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	63.9%	65.55%
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	51.7%
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	57.6%	48.9%
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	52.9%	55.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	62.06%	56.69%
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	55.59%	62.72%
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	47.1%	51.1%
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	46.8%	48.9%
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	44.9%	51.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	60.13%	58.32%
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	47.29%	60.06%
AHSGE Test
2008	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	62.89%	72.59%
2009	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	86.5%	87.59%
2010	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	95.97%	93.34%
2011	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	95.97%	94.47%
2012	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	97.45%	95.24%
2004	Language	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	81%
2005	Language	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	80.4%
2006	Language	11th Grade	% met std	80.9%	82.2%
2007	Language	11th Grade	% met std	87.4%	80.01%
2008	Language	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	76.95%
2009	Language	11th Grade	% met std	83.21%	81.82%
2010	Language	11th Grade	% met std	85.4%	78.46%
2011	Language	11th Grade	% met std	83.13%	77.64%
2012	Language	11th Grade	% met std	74.36%	75.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	78%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	78.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83%	83.6%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	87.03%	83.74%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.41%	84.02%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	87.91%	85.56%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	90.18%	84.32%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	88%	85.39%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.03%	85.03%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.1%	86.9%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	81.4%	85.7%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	85.6%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	88.55%	82.19%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79.17%	81.17%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.21%	81.63%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.18%	81.82%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.32%	83.29%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.78%	82.92%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	85.8%	82.1%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	79%	80.9%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	84.2%	84.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90.84%	82.09%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	81.22%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80.5%	75.76%
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	74.2%
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70%	76%
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.7%	77.1%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	76.72%	73.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	75%	72.58%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	80.65%	78.86%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82.91%	73.05%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.09%	71.38%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	72.99%	71.26%
2010	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	88.51%	94.02%
2011	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	99.21%	98.1%
2012	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	99.59%	98.49%
2004	Language	12th Grade	% met std	91.8%	95.4%
2005	Language	12th Grade	% met std	89.4%	94.5%
2006	Language	12th Grade	% met std	95%	94.7%
2007	Language	12th Grade	% met std	92.03%	89.7%
2008	Language	12th Grade	% met std	95.16%	94.49%
2009	Language	12th Grade	% met std	92.17%	92.8%
2010	Language	12th Grade	% met std	93.41%	91.1%
2011	Language	12th Grade	% met std	96.44%	91.4%
2012	Language	12th Grade	% met std	95.08%	90.39%
2004	Math	12th Grade	% met std	89.7%	95.7%
2005	Math	12th Grade	% met std	88.5%	94.7%
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	92.5%	95.6%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.63%	90.48%
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	94.33%	95.45%
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	94.35%	95.36%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	96.7%	94.73%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	94.86%	94.82%
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	93.85%	94.83%
2004	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	94%	96.5%
2005	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.6%	95.4%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	93.7%	95.2%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	92.03%	90.19%
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	96.37%	95.01%
2009	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.43%	94.2%
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	92.67%	93.57%
2011	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	92.89%	93.78%
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	92.63%	93.62%
2004	Science	12th Grade	% met std	92.3%	95.9%
2005	Science	12th Grade	% met std	92.7%	95.3%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	95.8%	95.9%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	92.82%	90.62%
2008	Science	12th Grade	% met std	97.18%	95.24%
2009	Science	12th Grade	% met std	93.05%	93.62%
2004	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	88.8%	92.7%
2005	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	87.7%	93.4%
2006	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.2%	93.7%
2007	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.63%	88.74%
2008	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	94.35%	92.95%
2009	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.74%	91.58%
2010	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	93.04%	90.45%
2011	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	90.91%	87.99%
2012	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.39%	89.74%
ARMT Test
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	73.6%	74.1%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	77.7%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.05%	77.41%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.26%	77.69%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.34%	79.37%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.15%	80.13%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.68%	83.7%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	76.28%	85.23%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.6%	81%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82.5%	83.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.18%	84.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80.71%	85.35%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.15%	85.83%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.65%	86.59%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.24%	86.82%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.35%	88.18%
2004	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	68.9%	71.9%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	77.9%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.33%	78.31%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.53%	78.93%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.81%	79.12%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.34%	81.26%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77.42%	82.42%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.52%	85.24%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.6%	76.9%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.5%	83.3%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	84.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.34%	85.01%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.54%	86.09%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.91%	86.5%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.57%	86.69%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.21%	87.93%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.24%	88.16%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	71.8%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74.3%	76.5%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	70.68%	77.26%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.97%	77.97%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.41%	79.94%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.32%	82.61%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.05%	88.95%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92.43%	91.32%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	80.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	80.7%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.83%	84.6%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.66%	84.37%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.71%	84.65%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.84%	85.64%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.03%	88.59%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.13%	88.88%
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63.7%	56%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	66.5%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	74.7%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	71.26%	73.46%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	75.61%	71.9%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	86.97%	74.92%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.15%	76.94%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.64%	77.64%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.89%	77.16%
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.4%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	81.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	83%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.3%	84.87%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.28%	86.61%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.86%	86.2%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.77%	86.13%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.55%	88.19%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84.16%	88.35%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59.9%	56.9%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	58.9%	59.1%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.58%	59.82%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.16%	61.26%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	65.33%	65.79%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.47%	68.76%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	69.78%	70.36%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72.07%	72.5%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	74.3%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.61%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.68%	79.13%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.09%	81.28%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.23%	83.02%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.07%	84.9%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.68%	86.25%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.6%	63%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	67.6%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.87%	66.3%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	60.27%	68.13%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75.23%	73.77%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	79.18%	78.62%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	78.65%	77.01%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	74.12%	78.62%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.4%	57.3%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	69.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	71.7%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.77%	71.94%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.23%	73.87%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	72.44%	74.89%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.75%	73.51%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.95%	76.95%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.35%	79.33%
ASA Test
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70.48%	69.84%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	73.2%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.93%	77.35%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.06%	78.77%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	76.07%	80.09%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	58.17%	60.51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.56%	70.34%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.14%	68.79%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.86%	68.5%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	71.79%	75.67%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$38,878,000	$9,513		$38,732,000	$9,491		$37,870,000	$9,225
Federal:	$4,264,000	$1,043	11.0%	$5,456,000	$1,337	14.1%	$6,187,000	$1,507	16.3%
State:	$23,498,000	$5,749	60.4%	$23,449,000	$5,746	60.5%	$21,585,000	$5,258	57.0%
Local:	$11,116,000	$2,720	28.6%	$9,827,000	$2,408	25.4%	$10,098,000	$2,460	26.7%
Total Expenditures:	$36,847,000	$9,016		$37,046,000	$9,078		$40,308,000	$9,819
Total Current Expenditures:	$33,788,000	$8,267		$34,841,000	$8,537		$36,473,000	$8,885
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,894,000	$4,623	55.9%	$19,913,000	$4,879	57.2%	$20,539,000	$5,003	56.3%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,721,000	$910	11.0%	$3,597,000	$881	10.3%	$3,903,000	$951	10.7%
Administration:	$3,552,000	$869	10.5%	$3,693,000	$905	10.6%	$3,875,000	$944	10.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,621,000	$1,865	22.6%	$7,638,000	$1,872	21.9%	$8,156,000	$1,987	22.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,400,000	$343		$839,000	$206		$2,396,000	$584
Construction:	$1,287,000	$315		$823,000	$202		$1,837,000	$448
Total Other:	$830,000	$203		$524,000	$128		$565,000	$138
Interest on Debt:	$760,000	$186		$801,000	$196		$820,000	$200

Total Salary:	$19,913,000	$4,872		$20,143,000	$4,936		$20,604,000	$5,019
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,800,000	$3,132	64.3%	$13,282,000	$3,255	65.9%	$13,417,000	$3,268	65.1%
Other Salary:	$7,113,000	$1,740	35.7%	$6,861,000	$1,681	34.1%	$7,187,000	$1,751	34.9%
Total Benefit:	$7,458,000	$1,825		$8,324,000	$2,040		$8,570,000	$2,088
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,511,000	$1,104	60.5%	$5,129,000	$1,257	61.6%	$5,236,000	$1,276	61.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,947,000	$721	39.5%	$3,195,000	$783	38.4%	$3,334,000	$812	38.9%

* Cherokee County School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.