Hattie Cotton Elementary

Hattie Cotton Elementary, a small primary school in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Davidson County, teaches 221 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Davidson County comprises 160 schools with combined enrollment of 81,532 students; Hattie Cotton Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Hattie Cotton Elementary logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Davidson County) shows that median household income runs about $77,853, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Hattie Cotton Elementary is one of 177 public schools in Davidson County (combined enrollment of about 86,005 students).

The closest other public school is Cora Howe School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Hattie Cotton Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 283 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 18% to 7%.

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