Wallace A. Smith Elementary School

Wallace A. Smith Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Ooltewah, Tennessee, part of Hamilton County. The school works with 589 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so Wallace A. Smith Elementary School sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Hamilton County runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 45,981 students. Wallace A. Smith Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wallace A. Smith Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hamilton County as a whole.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hamilton County) records that median household income runs about $76,183, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hamilton County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,981 students), Wallace A. Smith Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Hunter Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 602 students in 2018 compared to 589 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 75% to 67%.

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