📍 4520 Wildwood Springs RD, Maryville, Blount County, 37804
Porter Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Maryville, Blount County. The school has 232 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Blount County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Porter Elementary enrolls 232 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 209 | 90% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 5.2% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Porter Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-20, state senate district 2, state house district 8.
Porter Elementary is one of 22 schools in Blount County, based in Maryville, Tennessee. The district serves 10,270 students district-wide and employs 660 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 232 students, Porter Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 467 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe