County / FIPS 37039
Cherokee County
North Carolina
Cherokee County runs 14 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
14
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
456
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Cherokee County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$327.5M
Per resident
$11,380
Change since FY2021
+32%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $248M |
| 2022 | $269M |
| 2023 | $251M |
| 2024 | $314M |
| 2025 | $327M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Cherokee County ranks 1178th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Cherokee County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Erlanger Murphy Medical Center | Murphy |
Public schools in Cherokee County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Elementary | Cherokee County Schools | Andrews | 350 |
| Andrews High | Cherokee County Schools | Andrews | 225 |
| Andrews Middle | Cherokee County Schools | Andrews | 187 |
| Hiwassee Dam Elementary/Middle | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 120 |
| Hiwassee Dam High | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 158 |
| Martins Creek Elementary/Mid | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 184 |
| Murphy Elementary | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 536 |
| Murphy High | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 489 |
| Murphy Middle | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 316 |
| Peachtree Elementary | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 144 |
| Ranger Elementary/Middle | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 258 |
| The Oaks Academy | Cherokee County Schools | Marble | 50 |
| Tri-County Early College High | Cherokee County Schools | Murphy | 129 |
| The Learning Center | The Learning Center | Murphy | — |