Rutherford Collegiate Prep

Rutherford Collegiate Prep operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, one of the schools within Tennessee Public Charter School Commission. Current enrollment sits at 435 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, which oversees 17 schools and 6,979 students, Rutherford Collegiate Prep is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Rutherford Collegiate Prep lists that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 32% Black, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Rutherford County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Rutherford County put median household income runs about $85,470, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Rutherford Collegiate Prep is one of 69 public schools in Rutherford County (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students).

Blackman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Rutherford Collegiate Prep.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Rutherford Collegiate Prep is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Rutherford Collegiate Prep community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.