Rutherford Elementary

Rutherford Elementary is an intimate elementary school in Rutherford, Tennessee, one of the schools within Gibson Co Sp Dist. The school serves 282 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

Gibson Co Sp Dist comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,828 students; Rutherford Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Rutherford Elementary reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 12% Black, 3% multiracial.

In the area at large, census data for Gibson County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,755 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Gibson County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,900 students), Rutherford Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dyer Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Rutherford Elementary's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 282). Black enrollment moved from 17% to 12% across the same window.

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