Happy Valley Middle School

Happy Valley Middle School is one of the cozy middle-grades schools in Elizabethton, Tennessee, part of Carter County, with 354 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 554 students each, so Happy Valley Middle School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Carter County runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 4,539 students. Happy Valley Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Happy Valley Middle School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In the broader community, Carter County reports that median household earnings sit near $50,135, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Happy Valley Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Carter County (combined enrollment of about 7,217 students).

Happy Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Happy Valley Middle School has contracted 17%, going from 425 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.