District Overview
Located in East Tennessee within the Kingsport-Bristol metropolitan region, the Sullivan County school district serves as an active, traditional public school system headquartered at 154 Blountville By-Pass in Blountville, Tennessee. Set within a rural fringe community, the district operates 17 schools that offer a complete educational continuum spanning from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Serving a total enrollment of 7,878 students, the system provides a structured public education framework for local families, with district resources and contact information available online at www.scde.k12.tn.us or by phone at (423) 354-1000.

The district's student body reflects a balanced demographic, comprising 4,014 male and 3,864 female learners, with individual grade cohorts maintaining steady sizes of roughly 540 to 620 students alongside a 211-student pre-kindergarten program. The enrollment includes 7,345 White students, 244 Hispanic students, 169 students identifying with two or more races, 78 Black students, and 32 Asian students, as well as small populations of American Indian and Pacific Islander students. Within the current federal reporting period, official full-time equivalent (FTE) staffing figures for teachers, instructional aides, and support staff are unrecorded in the dataset, though the district maintains full operational status to deliver core academic services across the region.
17
Total Schools
7,878
Total Students
609.6
Full-Time Teachers
N/A
Student/Teacher Ratio
Demographics

District Demographics Data Table

Student Demographics for Sullivan County
Demographic Student Count
White7,345
Hispanic244
Black78
Asian32
Two or More169
American Indian7
Pacific Islander3
  • White
    7,345 (93.2%)
  • Hispanic
    244 (3.1%)
  • Two or More
    169 (2.1%)
  • Black
    78 (1.0%)
  • Asian
    32 (0.4%)
  • American Indian
    7 (0.1%)
  • Pacific Islander
    3 (0.0%)
School Levels

School Levels Data Table

School Levels in Sullivan County
School LevelSchool Count
Elementary10
Middle4
High2
Other1
School Map
District Details
Status:Open
District type:Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter:Not a charter district
Number of schools:17
Students:7,878*
Teachers (FTE):609.6*
Pupil/Teacher Ratio:N/A
Schools in Sullivan County
Found 17 Schools