Harold McCormick Elementary

Harold McCormick Elementary is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in Elizabethton, Tennessee, part of Elizabethton, instructing 341 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 470.

Harold McCormick Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Elizabethton, a district that caters to 2,678 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Harold McCormick Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Carter County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,135 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Harold McCormick Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Carter County (combined enrollment of about 7,217 students).

East Side Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Harold McCormick Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harold McCormick Elementary has declined 4%, going from 356 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 88% across the same window.

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