DuPont Elementary

As a small elementary-level community in Old Hickory, Tennessee, DuPont Elementary hosts 331 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Davidson County. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

DuPont Elementary is one of 160 schools operated by Davidson County, a district that enrolls 81,532 students overall.

On demographics, DuPont Elementary shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 12% multiracial.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Davidson County indicate median household income runs about $77,853, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Davidson County's 177 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students), DuPont Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DuPont Hadley Middle, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 48% across the same window.

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