Copper Basin Elementary School

Copper Basin Elementary School is a compact elementary school in Copperhill, Tennessee, part of Polk County. The school caters to 321 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Copper Basin Elementary School sits 32% below that benchmark.

Polk County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,160 students; Copper Basin Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Copper Basin Elementary School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $62,522 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Polk County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,160 students), of which Copper Basin Elementary School is one.

Copper Basin High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025.

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