Cherokee County Schools (North Carolina)

Cherokee County Schools (CCS) manages the 13 public schools in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States, with an enrollment of 3,001 students and a 13.25:1 student-to-teacher ratio.

The school superintendent is Dr. Keevin Woody. There are currently 7 members in the Cherokee County Board of Education. As of 2025, 13.2 percent of Cherokee County's annual budget goes toward education. Cherokee County Schools' per-student spending is $14,972 as of 2024. In the early-to-mid 2020s, the system has considered further school consolidation. Unless the number of campuses are reduced, the district will go broke in a few years, school board member Steve Coleman told the Cherokee County commission in 2025.

The system's graduation rate is 92 percent as of 2023, higher than the state average of 86.5 percent. As of 2025, just 24 percent of Cherokee County high school graduates are considered "college or career ready." Thirty-six percent of county students are considered "chronically absent" as of 2025. The Cherokee Scout wrote in 2025 that enrollment is generally declining at county schools outside of Murphy and "it is common for young professionals to move across county and state lines to send their children to better-funded schools." The Scout said most of Cherokee County Schools' campuses are "badly in need of repairs and upgrades."