Sharps Chapel Elementary

Sharps Chapel Elementary operates as an one-room-style elementary campus in Sharps Chapel, Tennessee, operated by Union County. Current enrollment sits at 127 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Union County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,514 students. Sharps Chapel Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sharps Chapel Elementary logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

Across the wider county, Union County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,727 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,791 students), of which Sharps Chapel Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Elementary Middle Alternative, around 6.8 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 163 students in 2018 compared to 127 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Sharps Chapel Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.