Schools · Knoxville
Knoxville, TN schools
Kids attend one of 25 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 26 elementary schools, one of 7 middle schools and one of 6 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Knoxville’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Knoxville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 41%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (236)Better than 51%
High confidence. Built on 28,911 tested students and a graduating class of 4,389; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Knoxville kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Knox County)29%
State average 26.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
TN: 90.3%
Graduating class
4,389
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #120 of 163 TN towns →
Districts
The district serving Knoxville
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Knoxville is home to 2 colleges
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleUniversity or college · Public · Knoxville33,547on campusSouth CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Knoxville4,052on campus
All 2 colleges in Knoxville →Every school
All 78 schools in Knoxville
Showing 1–30 of 78 schools
Tennessee Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,867 students
CPublicNorthshore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 1,051 students
A+PublicRocky Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 721 students
APublicWest Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 712 students
BPublicDogwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 581 students
CPublicLonsdale ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 537 students
C-PublicSequoyah ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 524 students
A+PublicSarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 517 students
DPublicFt Sanders Education Development CenterElementary · Grades PK–6 · 509 students
PublicInskip ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 505 students
C-PublicBeaumont Elementary/MagnetElementary · Grades K–5 · 504 students
A-PublicNorwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 471 students
C+PublicEmerald AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 451 students
CCharterChristenberry ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
C+PublicBelle Morris ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 426 students
C-PublicSpring Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 419 students
DPublicBearden ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 405 students
APublicSterchi ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 399 students
A-PublicFountain City ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 379 students
BPublicMooreland Heights ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
CPublicShannondale ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 361 students
APublicGreen Magnet Math And Science AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 359 students
DPublicPond Gap ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 354 students
C-PublicWest Haven ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 341 students
C-PublicPleasant Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students
CPublicChilhowee IntermediateElementary · Grades 3–5 · 240 students
B-PublicWest View ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 204 students
DPublicSouth Knox ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 188 students
B+PublicMaynard ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 109 students
DPublicTennessee School For Deaf Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 41 students
C-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.