Blackman Elementary School

Located at 586 Fortress BLVD, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Blackman Elementary School is a sprawling elementary-level community that hosts 954 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Rutherford County. Enrollment runs roughly 103% above the state mean of about 470.

Blackman Elementary School is one of 53 schools operated by Rutherford County, a district that instructs 52,127 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blackman Elementary School logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 22% Black, 20% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In the area at large, census data for Rutherford County shows median household earnings sit near $85,470, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Rutherford County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students), Blackman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Blackman Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Blackman Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 905 students in 2018 compared to 954 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 42% across the same window.

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