Public schools in Elizabethton, TN

Elizabethton has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,827 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Carter County School District runs 8 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Elizabethton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ElizabethtonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Carter County School District84,764$11,526
Elizabethton City Schools52,738$12,343

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Elizabethton, 1,680 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Elizabethton High School88613.3All free (CEP)Elizabethton City Schools
Happy Valley High School44915.0All free (CEP)Carter County
Unaka High School28412.0All free (CEP)Carter County
Siam Learning Center6118.4All free (CEP)Carter County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Elizabethton, 973 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
T A Dugger Junior High School61916.5All free (CEP)Elizabethton City Schools
Happy Valley Middle School35418.4All free (CEP)Carter County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 elementary schools in Elizabethton, 2,051 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hunter Elementary49813.6All free (CEP)Carter County
East Side Elementary46518.0All free (CEP)Elizabethton City Schools
West Side Elementary36716.0All free (CEP)Elizabethton City Schools
Harold McCormick Elementary34113.7All free (CEP)Elizabethton City Schools
Unaka Elementary19413.8All free (CEP)Carter County
Valley Forge Elementary18612.5All free (CEP)Carter County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Elizabethton, 123 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Carter County Online Academy1239.8All free (CEP)Carter County

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Elizabethton's public schools compare with Tennessee's

69% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 67% across the state. Its median school enrolls 354 students (state 469).

Elizabethton against Tennessee, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ElizabethtonTennessee
Median students per teachernot reportednot reported
Median school size (students)354469
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)69%67%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%66%
Charter schools0%5.5%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 Elizabethton schools and the 1,804 Tennessee schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Elizabethton

  1. Carter County School DistrictRuns 8 of Elizabethton's 13 public schools and spent $11,526 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,526
  2. Elizabethton High School, the largest high school in Elizabethton886 students in 2024-25, 13.3 per teacher.886
  3. Compare Carter County School District with Elizabethton City SchoolsElizabethton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TennesseeTennessee's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an Elizabethton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Tennessee

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  3. Knoxville80 schools
  4. Chattanooga48 schools
  5. Clarksville37 schools
  6. Murfreesboro32 schools
  7. Cleveland25 schools
  8. Franklin25 schools

Questions about schools in Elizabethton

  1. How many public schools are in Elizabethton, TN?
    13 public schools with an address in Elizabethton were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 4,827 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Elizabethton?
    Elizabethton High School, with 886 students in 2024-25 (Elizabethton City Schools).
  3. Which districts run Elizabethton's schools?
    Carter County School District (8 schools), Elizabethton City Schools (5 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .