Porter Elementary

Porter Elementary, a low-enrollment primary school in Maryville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Blount County, educates 266 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Blount County (10,270 students total), Porter Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Porter Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder breaks down as 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Blount County as a whole.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Blount County) logs that median household earnings sit near $77,365, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Blount County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,257 students), of which Porter Elementary is one.

Eagleton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Porter Elementary's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 274 (now 266).

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