Roy L Waldron Elementary

As a substantial elementary-level community in Lavergne, Tennessee, Roy L Waldron Elementary caters to 832 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Rutherford County. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Roy L Waldron Elementary sits 77% bigger than that benchmark.

Roy L Waldron Elementary is one of 53 schools operated by Rutherford County, a district that works with 52,127 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Roy L Waldron Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Black, 17% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rutherford County indicate 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), Roy L Waldron Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Simon Springs Community School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 805 students in 2018 compared to 832 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 41% to 50% over that span.

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