Clyde Riggs Elementary

Clyde Riggs Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Portland, Tennessee, operated by Sumner County. The school enrolls 301 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Clyde Riggs Elementary sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Clyde Riggs Elementary is one of 53 schools operated by Sumner County, a district that caters to 30,719 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Clyde Riggs Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sumner County as a whole.

In the broader community, Sumner County reports that median household income runs about $90,301, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Clyde Riggs Elementary is one of 53 public schools in Sumner County (combined enrollment of about 30,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: J W Wiseman Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clyde Riggs Elementary.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 22%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 301 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 76% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Clyde Riggs Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.