Kenton Elementary School

Kenton Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary schools in Kenton, Tennessee, operated by Gibson Co Sp Dist, with 87 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Kenton Elementary School sits 81% below that benchmark.

Within Gibson Co Sp Dist, which oversees 9 schools and 3,828 students, Kenton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kenton Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder reads as 10% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gibson County put the typical household earns roughly $62,755 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Kenton Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Gibson County (combined enrollment of about 8,900 students).

The closest other public school is Rutherford Elementary, roughly 4.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kenton Elementary School has decreased 11%, going from 98 students in 2018 to 87 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 80% over that span.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.