Catons Chapel Elementary

Catons Chapel Elementary operates as a cozy K-5 school in Sevierville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Sevier County. Current enrollment sits at 290 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 38% below the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Catons Chapel Elementary is one of 31 schools operated by Sevier County, a district that enrolls 14,408 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Catons Chapel Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sevier County as a whole.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sevier County put the typical household earns roughly $62,581 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sevier County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,408 students), of which Catons Chapel Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Greenbrier Alternative Learning Center, around 4.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 36%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 290 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 93% to 86% across the same window.

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