Blythe-Bower Elementary

Blythe-Bower Elementary operates as a sizable elementary school in Cleveland, Tennessee, one of the schools within Cleveland. Current enrollment sits at 710 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Blythe-Bower Elementary sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

Cleveland comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,890 students; Blythe-Bower Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Blythe-Bower Elementary lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bradley County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,552, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Blythe-Bower Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Bradley County (combined enrollment of about 16,092 students).

The closest other public school is Bradley Central High School, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Blythe-Bower Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blythe-Bower Elementary has ticked up 12%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 40% across the same window.

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