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.