Black Fox Elementary

Black Fox Elementary is one of the heavily attended primary schools in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, one of the schools within Murfreesboro, with 889 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 89% above typical.

Murfreesboro comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 9,342 students; Black Fox Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Black Fox Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Black, 26% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Rutherford County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Across the wider county, Rutherford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,470 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Black Fox Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Rutherford County (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students).

Discovery School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 864 students in 2018 compared to 889 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 21% to 34% over that span.

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