The Cherokee County School District consists of 40 schools: 11 elementary, grades kindergarten through 6; eight elementary, grades kindergarten through 5; three elementary, grades kindergarten through 4; one intermediate school, grades 5 and 6; four middle schools, grades 7 and 8; three middle schools, grades 6 through 8; six high schools; Ralph Bunche for Head Start, CrossRoads Alternative MS/HS, Polaris Evening School and L.R. Tippens Educational Center.