Cherokee High School (North Carolina)

Cherokee High School
Cherokee High School
	Cherokee High School football field
Location
	200 Ravensford Drive; Cherokee, North Carolina 28719; United States
Coordinates	35°30′47″N 83°17′49″W / 35.51306°N 83.29694°W
Information
School type	Tribal
Established	1975 (51 years ago)
School district	Cherokee Central Schools
CEEB code	340710
Principal	Woodreen Caldwell
Teaching staff	90.67 (FTE)
Enrollment	693 (2024–2025)
Student to teacher ratio	7.64
Campus type	Rural
Colors	Maroon and gold ;
Mascot	Braves
Website	chs.ccs-nc.org

Cherokee High School is a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) grant high school located in Cherokee, North Carolina and administered by the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The school was originally housed in an older building, before it moved to a brand new facility, which opened in 2009.

Cherokee High School is part of the Cherokee Central Schools System. It is the only 9–12 high school on Qualla Boundary, and shares a campus with Cherokee Elementary and Cherokee Middle School.^[2]

Accreditation

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Athletics

Cherokee competes at the 1A level in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. They have won state championships in football (2017)^[3] and three times in girl's basketball (1996, 2024 & 2025^[4])^[5]

Notable faculty

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cherokee Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
^ "Cherokee High School". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
^ https://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FB-State-Champ-List-101023.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "The Asheville Citizen Times Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts".
^ https://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Womens-basketball-Champs-and-MVPs.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links

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[NCES-1] "Cherokee Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 8, 2026.

[2] "Cherokee High School". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved January 25, 2011.

[3] ttps://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FB-State-Champ-List-101023.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[4] "The Asheville Citizen Times Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts".

[5] ttps://www.nchsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Womens-basketball-Champs-and-MVPs.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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Tribal rolls	Hester Roll 1896 Rejected Applications Guion Miller Roll Dawes Rolls Baker Roll United Keetoowah Band Base Roll
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Landmarks and memorial sites	Cherokee National Capitol Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Chieftains Museum First Cherokee Female Seminary Site Judaculla Rock Long Island John Ross House Ross's Landing Sequoyah's Cabin Tellico Blockhouse Trail of Tears State Park Brainerd Mission Rattlesnake Springs Fort Cass Red Clay State Historic Park Hair Conrad Cabin Nancy Ward Tomb Blythe Ferry Bussell Island Chief Vann House Historic Site Mantle Rock Museum of the Cherokee People Untokiasdiyi Standing Stone Stick Ball Grounds Cullasaja River Tuckasegee River Oconaluftee valley Oconaluftee River Abrams Creek Sycamore Shoals The Great Trading Path The Great War Path Hiwassee River Heritage Center Chatata Tuckaleechee Fort Smith Historic Site Port Royal State Park Five Civilized Tribes Museum Tlanusiyi Cherokee Path
People	Early leaders Moytoy of Tellico Attakullakulla Amouskositte Old Hop Moytoy of Citico Standing Turkey Outacite of Keowee Oconostota Savanukah Old Tassel Little Turkey Dragging Canoe Kunokeski Incalatanga Tagwadihi Cherokee Nation East (1794–1839) Enola Pathkiller Big Tiger Charles R. Hicks William Hicks John Ross Cherokee Nation West (1810–1839) The Bowl Degadoga Tahlonteeskee John Jolly Sam Houston John Looney John Rogers Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1824–present) Yonaguska Salonitah Tsaladihi Gerard Parker Joyce Dugan Patrick Lambert Richard Sneed Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory (1839–1907) Lewis Downing Degataga William P. Ross Utselata Dennis Bushyhead Joel B. Mayes Johnson Harris Samuel Houston Mayes Thomas Buffington William Charles Rogers Cherokee Nation (1975–present) J. B. Milam W. W. Keeler Ross Swimmer Wilma Mankiller Joe Byrd Chadwick "Corntassel" Smith Bill John Baker Chuck Hoskin Jr. United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians (1939–present) James L. Gordon John W. Hair Other notable Cherokee Nancy Ward Tsali Tahlonteeskee (warrior) Turtle-at-Home Junaluska Goingsnake Elias Boudinot Wauhatchie James Vann David Vann Joseph Vann Bob Benge Nunnahitsunega Ned Christie John Martin Markwayne Mullin Yvette Herrell Sequoya Major Ridge Jenny McIntosh Sam Sixkiller Clement V. Rogers Redbird Smith Durbin Feeling Hastings Shade Kimberly Teehee Shawna Baker
See also: Cherokee-language Wikipedia