Valley Forge Elementary

As a rural-scale elementary campus in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Valley Forge Elementary enrolls 186 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Carter County. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Valley Forge Elementary sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 15 schools in Carter County (4,539 students total), Valley Forge Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Valley Forge Elementary logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Carter County as a whole.

In the area at large, Carter County reports that median household earnings sit near $50,135, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Carter County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,217 students), Valley Forge Elementary is one campus in the mix.

East Side Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Valley Forge Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 186).

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