Bowers Elementary

Bowers Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Harriman, Tennessee, operated by Roane County, enrolling 524 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Roane County runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 6,178 students. Bowers Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bowers Elementary lists that 78% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 91%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Roane County) logs that median household earnings sit near $71,885, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Roane County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,178 students), of which Bowers Elementary is one.

Harriman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bowers Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bowers Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025.

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