Summary:
Cherokee has one listed middle school, Southeast Middle School, serving grades 5–8 and enrolling 128 students. Because it is the only school listed, there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. The most important finding for families is that its latest all-grades math proficiency is 19 percentage points below the state rate, the largest of its three subject gaps.
Southeast Middle School is both the top and bottom performer in this one-school group; there is no other local school to compare it with. Its strongest all-grades result relative to the state is ELA: 40% proficient versus 46%, a 6-point gap. Science is 29% versus 38%, a 9-point gap, while math is 22% versus 41%, a 19-point gap. Grade-level results reveal an ELA bright spot in grade 6, where 50% were proficient, 8 points above the state. Math was below the state in every reported grade, including a 24-point gap in grade 7.
Results rose in all three subjects from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA by 2 points, math by 1, and science by 2. However, math did not keep pace with the state, and its gap widened by 2 points; the science gap narrowed by 5 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school 268th of 368 statewide, at the 27th percentile with one star in 2025–26; its percentile was 16 in 2023–24 and 15 in 2024–25, with one star each year. Chronic absenteeism was comparatively low at 9%, versus 18% statewide and in the district. The school’s 9.5 student-teacher ratio and 70% free/reduced-lunch rate provide additional context about the school.
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