Learning Way Elementary

Learning Way Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Shelbyville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Bedford County, instructing 638 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Learning Way Elementary sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bedford County, which oversees 15 schools and 9,042 students, Learning Way Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Learning Way Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 12% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bedford County put the typical household earns roughly $67,225 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bedford County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,042 students), of which Learning Way Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Harris Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Learning Way Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 638). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 34% to 48% over that span.

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