Rockvale Elementary

Rockvale Elementary, an expansive K-5 school in Rockvale, Tennessee, one of the schools within Rutherford County, instructs 982 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 109% bigger than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Rutherford County runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 52,127 students. Rockvale Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Rockvale Elementary shows that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

In the broader community, Rutherford County reports that median household income runs about $85,470, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Rutherford County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students), Rockvale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Rockvale Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Rockvale Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 970 students in 2018 compared to 982 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 71% across the same window.

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