Cedar Grove Elementary

Set in Smyrna, Tennessee, Cedar Grove Elementary is a high-enrollment primary school, part of Rutherford County. It instructs 856 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 82% bigger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Across the 53 schools in Rutherford County (52,127 students total), Cedar Grove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cedar Grove Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Rutherford County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, Rutherford County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,470 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rutherford County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students), Cedar Grove Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lavergne High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Cedar Grove Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,047 (now 856). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 25% to 52% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.