Pigeon Forge Primary

Pigeon Forge Primary, a mid-tier elementary campus in Sevierville, Tennessee, run under Sevier County, hosts 532 students, covering grades pre-K through 3.

Sevier County runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 14,408 students. Pigeon Forge Primary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Pigeon Forge Primary records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 44% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sevier County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sevier County indicate median household income runs about $62,581, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Pigeon Forge Primary is one of 34 public schools in Sevier County (combined enrollment of about 14,408 students).

The closest other public school is Pigeon Forge Intermediate, roughly 2.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pigeon Forge Primary's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 720 (now 532). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 44%.

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