East Ridge Middle School

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in Whitesburg, Tennessee, East Ridge Middle School hosts 528 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Hamblen County.

East Ridge Middle School is one of 18 schools operated by Hamblen County, a district that caters to 10,300 students overall.

Demographically, East Ridge Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hamblen County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $55,454 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Ridge Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Hamblen County (combined enrollment of about 10,300 students).

Russellville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 615 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025.

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