Public and Private Schools in the
Smoky Mountains and Greater Knoxville Region

The Administrative office serving Knox County School in the Andrew Johnson Building on Gay Street.

Picture Courtesy of Knox County Schools  

  Schools meeting national standards are readily available in the Greater Knoxville and Great Smoky Mountains Region. Homes and property in communities with schools meeting and exceeding national standards are available through CENTURY 21 MVP, which serves East Tennessee. The information on this page gives you a good guideline to the performance of various systems in the areas that we serve. The information readily available to us is primarilily on public schools. Where we are aware of private schools and have the information, we will also share that information. Also, we are presenting information on and resources for home schools in the region. When you contact us, let me know what kinds of schools you would like near your home.

If you are planning or thinking about moving to East Tennessee or investing in property in the Great Smoky Mountains or in the Greater Knoxville area, we can help you through our knowledge of the area and the real estate here. Please see our listings, as well as the multiple listing services for the various communities and school districts.  We have organized this so that you can concentrate on particular schools or communities in your search.  We subcribe to both the Great Smoky Mountain and the Greater Knoxville multiple listing services, so we have most of the available properties covered. Whether it is a home, a farm, land, or investment property, we can investigate and obtain any of the property listed for you, without any additional fee or commission. Do not hesitate to call on us at any time.

Performance of the Public School Systems

Comprehensive information of the performance of public school systems (and individual schools) in the State of Tennessee can be accessed from report card web site of the Tennessee Department of Education. Regarding the scores, within each system there is a significant range of performance--- these are all average scores. The table below presents data for the results of the ACT tests for the various school systems. Note that all counties have school systems, but only some towns and cities have public systems. For example, Knox County School Systems is the only public school system in Knox County. Schools in the city of Knoxville and the town of Farragut are operated by Knox County Schools. On the other hand, Blount County has three systems, Blount County, Maryville, and Alcoa.

In the infomation given about the systems, we have present information on the overall enrollment and on the number of elementary, middle, and high schools. It should be noted that each of the systems have special education schools and programs, as well as adult education programs. Some of these, such as in Knox County, are extensive.

Perfomance of School Systems in the Greater Knoxville Region on ACT Tests (Score shown are average for the system.)
School System	Composite	English	Math	Reading	Science
Anderson County	20.7	20.4	19.8	21.9	20.7
Oak Ridge City	23.6	23.4	23.4	24.0	23.0
Blount County	19.7	19.7	18.8	20.5	19.6
Alcoa City	21.7	21.7	21.1	22.6	20.9
Maryville City	23.8	24.3	23.6	23.9	23.1
Cocke County	20.2	20.1	19.6	20.6	20.2
Jefferson County	19.8	19.4	18.6	20.5	20.0
Knox County	21.4	21.2	20.9	21.7	21.2
Loudon County	19.4	19.2	18.9	20.0	19.0
Lenoir City	20.4	20.2	18.6	21.7	20.4
Sevier County	20.8	20.9	19.7	21.5	20.7
Tennessee	20.0	19.9	19.2	20.4	19.9
Nationwide	21.0	20.5	20.7	21.3	21.0
From Tennessee Department of Education Report Card 2003

Blount County

Blount County Public School Systems

The Blount County School System serves all communities in Blount County except Maryville and Alcoa. Included are communities such as Rockford, Louisville, Friendsville, Townsend, and Walland. The system has 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and two high schools, with an overall enrollment of approximately 11,000.

The Alcoa School System serves the City of Alcoa.  The sytems has has 3 schools, one for each of the levels of elementary, middle, and high school. 

The Maryville School System serves the City of Maryville.  The sytems has 5 elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with an overall enrollment of about 5,000. 

Cocke County

Cocke County Public School System

The Cocke County School System serves all communities in Cocke County.  Included are communities such as Newport, Cosby, Del Rio, Hartford, and Parrottsville.  The system has 9 elementary schools and two high schools, with an overall enrollment of approximately 4,500.

Jefferson County

Jefferson County School System

The Jefferson County School System serves all communities in Jefferson County.  Included are communities such as Jefferson City, Dandridge, White Pine, Strawberry Plains, Talbott, and New Market.  The system has 7 elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school, with an overall enrollment of approximately 7,000.

Knox County

Knox County School System

The Knox County School System is the public school system serving all communities in Knox County.  Included are communities and areas known as Bearden, Farragut, Karns, Halls, West Knoxville, Gibbs, Carter, Powell, and the remainder of the city of Knoxville.  The system has 55 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, and 12 high schools, with an overall enrollment of approximately 53,000.  Knox County schools reflect very strongly the communities in which they are located.  Academically, the schools in the western part of the city and county tend to attain higher test scores than the county average, and the county average exceeds the national average.   This would include schools serving West Knox County, such as the Farragut schools, Cedar Bluff schools, Bearden schools, and schools such as Sequoyah, Rocky Hill, Blue Grass, and A. L. Lotts elementary schools and West Valley Middle School.

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Loudon County

Loudon County Public School Systems

The Loudon County School System serves all communities in Loudon County except Lenoir City.  Included are communities such as Loudon, Greenback, Steekee, Eaton Crossroads, and Tellico Village.  The system has 6 elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools, with an overall enrollment of approximately 5,000.

The Lenoir City School System serves the City of Lenoir City.  The system has has 3 schools, one for each of the levels of elementary, middle, and high school.  The total enrollment of the system is about 2200.

Sevier County

Sevier County Public School System

The Sevier County School System serves all communities in Sevier County.  Included are communities such as Gatlinburg, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Wears Valley, and Seymour, all located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.  The system has 14 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 4 high schools, with an overall enrollment of approximately 14,000.  Sevier County highs school ACT scores are very close to the national average and exceed state of Tennessee scores.

Private Schools in the Region

There are a large number of private schools in the region.  Links to information about private schools are given on our private schools page.

Home Schools in the Region

Extensive programs for home schools exist in the region.  Links to information about home schooling and home school resources is given on the home schools page.