About Us
Cherokee Classical Academy (CCA) is a tuition-free public charter school set to launch in Cherokee County, GA. It will open for grades K-6 in the 2025-2026 school year and will continue to add a grade each year until reaching a full K-12 configuration.
Families who reside in the counties of Cherokee, Cobb, Bartow, Fulton, Pickens, Paulding, and the cities of Marietta, Cartersville, and Atlanta are eligible to apply for enrollment. No entrance testing is required.
Cherokee Classical Academy offers families many advantages in education, including:
High-quality, tuition-free education
Rigorous liberal arts curriculum
Emphasis on virtue and character education
Calm and professional learning environment
Low-tech classrooms; no cell phones during the school day
Well-supported teachers who lead knowledge-centered classrooms
Small school environment where every student can be seen and known
A K-12 school experience beginning in 2031
High-quality athletics and fine arts programs that will continue to grow as students advance
A charter school is a tuition-free, non-selective, independently operated public school granted greater flexibility in its operations in return for greater accountability for performance. Charter schools have the freedom to use their own curriculum and teaching methods, manage their own finances, hire their own teachers, set their own calendar, etc. In exchange for this flexibility, charter schools must outperform neighborhood public schools in the academic, operational, and financial metrics outlined in the “charter agreement,” a contract between the governing board of the school and its government authorizer. Cherokee Classical Academy is authorized by Georgia's State Charter School Commission. State charter schools are their own school district (or Local Education Agency (LEA), and they are funded according to the same formula as local public schools. In contrast to local public schools, charter schools must fund their own facility costs. State charter schools like Cherokee Classical Academy do not impact the funding of local schools or school districts.
What is a charter school?
The Mission of Cherokee Classical Academy is to develop students in mind and character through a classical, content-rich curriculum that emphasizes the principles of virtuous living, traditional learning, and civic responsibility.
Our Mission
Courage, Courtesy, Honesty, Humility, Perseverance, Self-Government, and Service
Our Virtues
I will learn the true. I will do the good. I will love the beautiful.
Our Pledge
Our Partners
Liberty Classical Schools
Cherokee Classical Academy is a partner school in the Liberty Classical Schools network. Liberty exists to launch and support K-12 classical schools. Their team of experienced founders and operators of classical schools helps communities to start K-12 classical charter schools by determining feasibility, considering public demand and political climate, guiding outreach efforts, supporting site selection and facilities efforts, and more. Liberty also works with future school leaders, training them in current Liberty schools and preparing them as new schools launch, as a part of our Leadership Fellowship Program. Once a school is launched, Liberty provides guidance and support in a number of areas, including data and administration, human resources, operations, and advancement.
Charter School Growth Fund
Outside of the government, CSGF is the largest funder of charter schools in the nation. The largest individual and institutional philanthropists make their investments in school choice via CSGF, trusting in their time-tested vetting process and their well-developed systems of support. This partnership will provide funding for our next three schools and is recognition that Liberty schools are among the highest-performing charter school networks in the country.