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Blue Grass Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 8901 Blue Grass RD, Knoxville, Knox County, 37922

569
Pupils
16.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Blue Grass Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Knoxville, Knox County. The school has 569 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Knox County school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 64% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Knox County

Enrollment & staffing

Blue Grass Elementary enrolls 569 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.

Male students
292 (51%)
Female students
277 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student-teacher ratio
16.7:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 6.3% Two or more races and 4.4% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White46982%
Two or more races366.3%
Hispanic or Latino254.4%
Asian234%
Black or African American162.8%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Blue Grass Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-20, state senate district 6, state house district 14.

School district: Knox County

Blue Grass Elementary is one of 93 schools in Knox County, based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The district serves 60,185 students district-wide and employs 4,127 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 569 students, Blue Grass Elementary is close to the district average of about 647 students per school.

60,185
District students
93
Schools
4,127
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

67%
Reading proficient
64%
Math proficient
6%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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