Mitchell-Neilson Elementary

Mitchell-Neilson Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, part of Murfreesboro. The school serves 619 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 32% larger than typical.

Murfreesboro runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 9,342 students. Mitchell-Neilson Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mitchell-Neilson Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 31% Black, 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Rutherford County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,470 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mitchell-Neilson Elementary is one of 69 public schools in Rutherford County (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students).

The closest other public school is Northfield Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mitchell-Neilson Elementary.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 619 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 33% across the same window.

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