Bluff City Elementary

Bluff City Elementary is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Bluff City, Tennessee, overseen by Sullivan County, hosting 504 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 15 schools in Sullivan County (7,878 students total), Bluff City Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bluff City Elementary records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Sullivan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sullivan County shows median household income runs about $58,807, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,066 students), Bluff City Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sullivan East Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Bluff City Elementary.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 504 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Bluff City Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.