Unaka High School

As a very small 9-12 campus in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Unaka High School caters to 284 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Carter County. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 754 students.

Unaka High School is one of 15 schools operated by Carter County, a district that works with 4,539 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Unaka High School records that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Carter County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,135 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Unaka High School is one of 21 public schools in Carter County (combined enrollment of about 7,217 students).

Hunter Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Unaka High School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Unaka High School has shrank 10%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 7% across the same window.

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