W G Rhea Elementary

W G Rhea Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school in Paris, Tennessee, one of the schools within Paris. The school works with 537 students in grades pre-K through 2.

W G Rhea Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Paris, a district that serves 1,538 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, W G Rhea Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 13% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In the area at large, Henry County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,613 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henry County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,462 students), of which W G Rhea Elementary is one.

Henry Co High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around W G Rhea Elementary.

W G Rhea Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 564 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 65% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.