Rhea Middle School

As an average-sized 6-8 campus in Evensville, Tennessee, Rhea Middle School serves 543 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Rhea County.

Within Rhea County, which oversees 7 schools and 3,890 students, Rhea Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rhea Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

Around the school, census data for Rhea County shows median household earnings sit near $55,033, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Rhea County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,781 students), of which Rhea Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Rhea County High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Rhea Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Rhea Middle School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 543). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 83% to 76%.

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