Seymour Junior High

Seymour Junior High is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Seymour, Tennessee, run under Sevier County. The school educates 713 students in grades 7 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 554 students per school, that is 29% larger than typical.

Sevier County runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 14,408 students. Seymour Junior High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Seymour Junior High records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sevier County as a whole.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sevier County shows median household income runs about $62,581, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Seymour Junior High is one of 34 public schools in Sevier County (combined enrollment of about 14,408 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seymour High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Seymour Junior High.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 20%: 593 students in 2018 compared to 713 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 87% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.