About Us
Cherokee Classical Academy (CCA) is a tuition-free public charter in Cherokee County, GA. It opened 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
Cherokee Classical Academy is governed and operated by Liberty Classical Schools, a growing, nonprofit network of K-12 American classical charter schools. The founder of Atlanta Classical Academy, Northwest Classical Academy, and Cherokee Classical Academy, Liberty promotes quality and consistency in the delivery of the curriculum and academic model, and provides direct support in leadership development, academics, compliance, finance, human resources, operations and facilities maintenance, enrollment management and student information systems, fundraising, communications, and government affairs.
Charter School Growth Fund
CSGF is the largest private funder of public charter schools in the nation. Aggregating financial support from large individual and institutional philanthropists who trust CSGF's time-tested evaluation processes and systems of support, CSGF supports the growth of the nation's highest performing charter school networks. CSGF's philanthropic support for Liberty Classical Schools made Cherokee Classical Academy possible.