Wayne County High School

Wayne County High School, an one-room-style senior high in Waynesboro, Tennessee, part of Wayne County, instructs 258 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Wayne County High School sits 66% smaller than that benchmark.

Wayne County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,079 students. Wayne County High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wayne County High School lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Wayne County as a whole.

In the area at large, census data for Wayne County shows median household income runs about $52,294, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Wayne County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,079 students), Wayne County High School is one campus in the mix.

Waynesboro Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 303 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window.

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