Tennessee Ridge Elementary

Tennessee Ridge Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Tenn Ridge, Tennessee, one of the schools within Houston County. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 54% below typical.

Houston County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,265 students; Tennessee Ridge Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Tennessee Ridge Elementary lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In the broader community, Houston County reports that median household income runs about $59,576, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Houston County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265 students), of which Tennessee Ridge Elementary is one.

Houston Co Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 247 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window.

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