Cartwright Elementary School

Cartwright Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in Shelbyville, Tennessee, overseen by Bedford County. Current enrollment sits at 602 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 470.

Cartwright Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by Bedford County, a district that hosts 9,042 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cartwright Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Bedford County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bedford County indicate median household income runs about $67,225, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bedford County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,042 students), Cartwright Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eakin Elementary, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

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