Etowah City Elementary School District is a school district of Etowah, Tennessee. It operates a single K-8 school, Etowah Elementary School a.k.a. Etowah City School (ECS).
High school students move on to McMinn County Schools.[1] McMinn Central High School is the successor of the former Etowah High School.[2]
A high school was built in 1922, but it later became a junior high school.[3]
Kenneth Green served as principal of the junior high school until 1961, when Andrew Harbison replaced him.[4] Max Ellis served as superintendent until 1962, when he resigned.[5]
In 1973 there were about 200 students in the middle school grades, 5-8.[3] That year the current K-8 school was constructed.[6] Originally the new school facility was supposed to open around Christmas of that year. A fire destroyed most of the gymnasium and all other portions of the former junior high school in September.[3] The school system planned to open the new school building before it had intended to.[7]
In 1999 it underwent a full scale renovation.[6]
Mike Frazier began his post as director of schools (superintendent) in 2012. The board renewed his role in 2019.[8]
The Tennessee Valley Authority, in 2022, gave the school district a $400,000 grant for its school School Uplift program, could have more cost-efficient power usage.[9]