West Side Elementary

West Side Elementary operates as a low-enrollment primary school in Elizabethton, Tennessee, one of the schools within Elizabethton. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 470 students each, so West Side Elementary sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Elizabethton (2,678 students total), West Side Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, West Side Elementary shows that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest consists of 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Carter County as a whole.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Carter County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,135 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West Side Elementary is one of 21 public schools in Carter County (combined enrollment of about 7,217 students).

Nearest neighbor: Elizabethton High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around West Side Elementary.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Side Elementary has edged up 9%, going from 336 students in 2018 to 367 in 2025.

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