Cherokee High School (New Jersey)

Cherokee High School
Address
Map
120 Tomlinson Mill Road

, ,
08053

United States
Coordinates39°52′27″N 74°53′51″W / 39.8742°N 74.8975°W / 39.8742; -74.8975
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1975 (1975)
School districtLenape Regional High School District
SuperintendentCarol Birnbohm
NCES School ID340849001092[1]
PrincipalDonna Charlesworth
Faculty177.0 FTEs[1]
Enrollment2,179 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)    Brown and orange[2]
Athletics conference
Team nameChiefs[2]
RivalShawnee High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
PublicationThe Scribe[3]
NewspaperThe Scout[3]
YearbookTalking Leaves[3]
TelevisionChief TV, LDTV
Websitewww.lrhsd.org/cherokee

Cherokee High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as one of four high schools of the Lenape Regional High School District in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The communities in the district are Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[5][6] Cherokee serves students from Evesham Township.[7] The school, located in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1978 and is accredited until July 2028.[4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,179 students and 177.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. There were 153 students (7.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 74 (3.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Cherokee High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b c Extra-Curricular Activities 2021-2022, Cherokee High School, updated February 16, 2022. Accessed March 12, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Cherokee High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Sending Schools, Lenape Regional High School District. Accessed December 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Lenape Regional High School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 2, 2017. "The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough."
  7. ^ Cherokee High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey School Report Card. Accessed December 2, 2017. "Attendance Area: Evesham Township - From its first days through the present, Cherokee High School has been strengthened by serving a single community: the township of Evesham. Cherokee High School opened on a 71-acre site in the township in September, 1975."