East Elementary School

East Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Humboldt, Tennessee, operated by Humboldt City Schools, enrolling 404 students in grades 2 through 6.

Humboldt City Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,044 students; East Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, East Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 20% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gibson County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gibson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,755 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Gibson County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,900 students), of which East Elementary School is one.

Humboldt Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. East Elementary School's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 404). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 71% to 62%.

On the community side, members of the East Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.