Central Heights Elementary

Central Heights Elementary is a compact K-5 school in Blountville, Tennessee, operated by Sullivan County. The school works with 234 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 470.

Central Heights Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Sullivan County, a district that serves 7,878 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Central Heights Elementary records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put the typical household earns roughly $58,807 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Sullivan County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,066 students), Central Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Sullivan Central Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Central Heights Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 232 students in 2018 compared to 234 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Central Heights Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.