Rush Strong Elementary

Rush Strong Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, one of the schools within Jefferson County. The school works with 518 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 13 schools and 6,937 students, Rush Strong Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Rush Strong Elementary logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,114 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Rush Strong Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 6,937 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 482 students in 2018 compared to 518 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 94% to 87% over that span.

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