Elementary schools in Tennessee.
1,073 elementary schools across 142 districts. Browse every school, filter by name, or jump to a district below.
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What the numbers say across Tennessee.
Computed from this list's v2026.07 K12 Atlas records: school size, staffing ratios, grade spans, and sector mix. Facts, not scores.
students at the median elementary school; the middle half of schools enroll between 302 and 596 students.
Reported enrollment · v2026.07
Most commonly reported grade spans in this list.
Reported grade spans · v2026.07
Public, public charter, and private records stay separate. Private schools without a comparable CCD level appear under the state's other-level directory.
Record mix · v2026.07
Concentration: the five most-represented districts account for 30.4% of this list (326 of 1,073 records); the five most-represented cities account for 27.1%.
Tennessee elementary schools in 7 charts.
Drawn from the same v2026.07 records as the tables below. Free to reuse with a link to this page.
Districts with elementary schools.
Every district with at least one elementary-level record, sorted by record count. Cities counts the distinct reported cities among the district’s records here; Students sums reported enrollment for those same records. Linked districts open full school directories.
| Memphis-shelby County Schools | 120 | 6 | 58,873 |
| Davidson County | 81 | 9 | 39,912 |
| Knox County | 53 | 4 | 28,195 |
| Hamilton County | 42 | 10 | 22,162 |
| Williamson County | 30 | 8 | 18,060 |
| Rutherford County | 28 | 7 | 19,333 |
| Sumner County | 28 | 8 | 13,802 |
| Montgomery County | 24 | 3 | 18,648 |
| Blount County | 14 | 7 | 4,791 |
| Sevier County | 14 | 5 | 6,015 |
| Murfreesboro | 13 | 1 | 9,342 |
| Wilson County | 13 | 5 | 9,326 |
| Madison County | 12 | 3 | 6,542 |
| Bradley County | 11 | 2 | 4,702 |
| Hamblen County | 11 | 3 | 5,009 |
| Putnam County | 11 | 4 | 4,763 |
| Robertson County | 11 | 6 | 5,204 |
| Maury County | 10 | 3 | 4,770 |
| Sullivan County | 10 | 5 | 3,630 |
| Washington County | 10 | 7 | 5,030 |
| Anderson County | 9 | 8 | 2,402 |
| Bedford County | 9 | 3 | 4,652 |
| Cocke County | 9 | 5 | 2,783 |
| Cumberland County | 9 | 4 | 4,957 |
| Hawkins County | 9 | 6 | 2,535 |
| Tennessee Public Charter School Commission | 9 | 4 | 4,042 |
| Campbell County | 8 | 6 | 2,813 |
| Dickson County | 8 | 5 | 3,681 |
| Jefferson County | 8 | 6 | 3,788 |
| Johnson City | 8 | 1 | 3,686 |
| Kingsport | 8 | 1 | 3,455 |
| Lawrence County | 8 | 5 | 4,069 |
| Warren County | 8 | 3 | 3,629 |
| Carter County | 7 | 4 | 2,575 |
| Claiborne County | 7 | 5 | 2,071 |
| Cleveland | 7 | 1 | 2,844 |
| Franklin County | 7 | 6 | 2,279 |
| Greene County | 7 | 4 | 2,876 |
| Henderson County | 7 | 5 | 2,481 |
| Mcminn County | 7 | 6 | 3,196 |
| Tipton County | 7 | 5 | 4,817 |
| Union County | 7 | 4 | 3,218 |
| Bartlett | 6 | 1 | 4,005 |
| Bristol | 6 | 1 | 1,794 |
| Cheatham County | 6 | 5 | 2,184 |
| Coffee County | 6 | 3 | 1,808 |
| Collierville | 6 | 1 | 4,154 |
| Gibson Co Sp Dist | 6 | 6 | 1,866 |
| Hardeman County Schools | 6 | 6 | 1,794 |
| Monroe County | 6 | 3 | 1,976 |
| Roane County | 6 | 4 | 2,844 |
| Smith County | 6 | 3 | 1,750 |
| White County | 6 | 2 | 1,895 |
| Franklin Ssd | 5 | 1 | 1,852 |
| Giles County | 5 | 4 | 1,958 |
| Hardin County | 5 | 3 | 1,700 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1 | 3,282 |
| Lincoln County | 5 | 4 | 2,636 |
| Loudon County | 5 | 3 | 2,522 |
| Macon County | 5 | 3 | 2,146 |
| Marion County | 5 | 4 | 1,883 |
| Mcnairy County | 5 | 5 | 2,370 |
| Overton County | 5 | 5 | 1,914 |
| Scott County | 5 | 4 | 1,502 |
| Chester County | 4 | 2 | 1,367 |
| Dyer County | 4 | 3 | 1,550 |
| Fayette County Public Schools | 4 | 4 | 1,602 |
| Fentress County | 4 | 3 | 1,994 |
| Germantown | 4 | 1 | 3,191 |
| Grainger County | 4 | 2 | 1,363 |
| Greeneville | 4 | 1 | 1,405 |
| Grundy County | 4 | 4 | 1,225 |
| Hickman County | 4 | 2 | 1,473 |
| Johnson County | 4 | 2 | 1,094 |
| Marshall County | 4 | 3 | 1,921 |
| Oak Ridge | 4 | 1 | 1,733 |
| Obion County | 4 | 3 | 1,753 |
| Rhea County | 4 | 2 | 1,724 |
| Tullahoma | 4 | 1 | 1,686 |
| Unicoi County | 4 | 2 | 949 |
| Weakley County | 4 | 3 | 1,491 |
| Benton County | 3 | 2 | 1,080 |
| Bledsoe County | 3 | 1 | 771 |
| Cannon County | 3 | 3 | 873 |
| Clinton | 3 | 1 | 963 |
| Crockett County | 3 | 3 | 476 |
| Dekalb County | 3 | 2 | 1,545 |
| Elizabethton | 3 | 1 | 1,173 |
| Haywood County | 3 | 1 | 970 |
| Henry County | 3 | 3 | 1,530 |
| Humphreys County | 3 | 3 | 1,233 |
| Lauderdale County | 3 | 2 | 1,704 |
| Lewis County | 3 | 1 | 1,535 |
| Maryville | 3 | 1 | 1,757 |
| Polk County | 3 | 3 | 1,089 |
| Alcoa | 2 | 1 | 1,057 |
| Arlington | 2 | 1 | 1,769 |
| Athens | 2 | 1 | 1,229 |
| Clay County | 2 | 2 | 743 |
| Decatur County | 2 | 2 | 595 |
| Dyersburg | 2 | 1 | 1,331 |
| Houston County | 2 | 2 | 627 |
| Humboldt City Schools | 2 | 1 | 636 |
| Jackson County | 2 | 2 | 595 |
| Manchester | 2 | 1 | 1,156 |
| Meigs County | 2 | 1 | 864 |
| Morgan County | 2 | 2 | 678 |
| Paris | 2 | 1 | 1,039 |
| Perry County | 2 | 2 | 546 |
| Stewart County | 2 | 2 | 950 |
| Sweetwater | 2 | 1 | 906 |
| Tennessee Schools for the Deaf | 2 | 2 | 66 |
| Wayne County | 2 | 2 | 756 |
| West Carroll Sp Dist | 2 | 2 | 432 |
| Alamo | 1 | 1 | 600 |
| Bells | 1 | 1 | 407 |
| Bradford | 1 | 1 | 311 |
| Dayton | 1 | 1 | 891 |
| Etowah | 1 | 1 | 332 |
| Fayetteville | 1 | 1 | 565 |
| Hancock County | 1 | 1 | 400 |
| Hollow Rock - Bruceton | 1 | 1 | 281 |
| Huntingdon Special School District | 1 | 1 | 455 |
| Lake County | 1 | 1 | 208 |
| Lakeland | 1 | 1 | 1,029 |
| Lenoir City | 1 | 1 | 559 |
| Lexington | 1 | 1 | 655 |
| Mckenzie | 1 | 1 | 552 |
| Milan | 1 | 1 | 846 |
| Millington Municipal Schools | 1 | 1 | 857 |
| Moore County | 1 | 1 | 482 |
| Newport | 1 | 1 | 730 |
| Oneida | 1 | 1 | 756 |
| Pickett County | 1 | 1 | 415 |
| Rogersville | 1 | 1 | 644 |
| Sequatchie County | 1 | 1 | 786 |
| Trenton | 1 | 1 | 550 |
| Trousdale County | 1 | 1 | 683 |
| Union City | 1 | 1 | 793 |
| University Schools | 1 | 1 | 413 |
| Van Buren County | 1 | 1 | 372 |
| West Tennessee School for the Deaf | 1 | 1 | 33 |
District groups are record counts from v2026.07 K12 Atlas profiles, not evaluations.
Questions about Tennessee elementary schools.
How many elementary schools are in Tennessee?
K12 Atlas profiles 1,073 elementary schools in Tennessee in release v2026.07, across 142 districts.
Are primary schools and elementary schools the same in U.S. data?
Usually. U.S. datasets typically use elementary school, while many searchers use primary school for the same early-grade category; exact grade spans vary by campus.
How many students attend Tennessee elementary schools?
487,637 students were enrolled across 1,073 elementary schools in the 2024 directory release.
How many districts and cities have elementary schools in Tennessee?
The directory lists 142 districts and 344 cities with elementary-level school records.
What grades do Tennessee elementary schools cover?
The most commonly reported grade spans are PK–05 (538), PK–08 (134), KG–05 (107). Each row in the tables above lists its own reported span.
How do I browse all elementary schools in Tennessee?
Type in the find box above the districts table to filter by district name. School profiles for this state are not published yet; free key facts appear on every profile as coverage grows.
Can I download the full list of Tennessee elementary schools?
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