Ripley Primary

Set in Ripley, Tennessee, Ripley Primary is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within Lauderdale County. It caters to 589 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Ripley Primary sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Lauderdale County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,277 students. Ripley Primary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ripley Primary logs that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Lauderdale County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Around the school, census data for Lauderdale County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,879 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Lauderdale County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,277 students), of which Ripley Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ripley Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ripley Primary has edged down 19%, going from 730 students in 2018 to 589 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 42% to 35% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.