Norwood Middle School

As a rural-scale junior high in Oliver Springs, Tennessee, Norwood Middle School serves 162 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Anderson County. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 554 students each, so Norwood Middle School sits 71% below that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in Anderson County (6,018 students total), Norwood Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Norwood Middle School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Anderson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Anderson County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,183 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Anderson County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,059 students), Norwood Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Norwood Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Norwood Middle School's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 162). White enrollment moved from 95% to 87% across the same window.

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