Grassy Fork Elementary School is located in the Grassy Fork community in the First District of Cocke County, Tennessee. Cocke County sits on the eastern border of the state, and Grassy Fork borders Waterville, North Carolina.
Grassy Fork is approximately 20 miles east of Newport, Tennessee, the county seat. It is a small rural area of Southern Appalachia and has always exhibited a strong sense of community unity. That unity was reinforced with the consolidation of several smaller schools which founded Grassy Fork Elementary School in 1963.