New Prospect Elementary

New Prospect Elementary is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, part of Lawrence County, instructing 417 students in grades pre-K through 8.

New Prospect Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Lawrence County, a district that works with 6,867 students overall.

Looking at the student body, New Prospect Elementary records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Lawrence County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household income runs about $54,706, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Lawrence County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,867 students), New Prospect Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ingram Sowell Elementary, roughly 4.4 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 423 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025.

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