Cumberland Gap High School

Cumberland Gap High School is a close-knit 9-12 campus in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, operated by Claiborne County. The school caters to 459 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% below the state mean of about 754.

Within Claiborne County, which oversees 13 schools and 3,967 students, Cumberland Gap High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Cumberland Gap High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the area at large, census data for Claiborne County shows median household income runs about $49,379, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Claiborne County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,967 students), of which Cumberland Gap High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: H. Y. Livesay Middle School, around 1.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cumberland Gap High School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cumberland Gap High School has declined 13%, going from 525 students in 2018 to 459 in 2025.

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