📍 8108 Beaver Ridge RD, Knoxville, Knox County, 37931
Karns Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Knoxville, Knox County. The school has 1,210 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Knox County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 81.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 24% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Karns Elementary enrolls 1,210 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 81.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 896 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 150 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 78 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 71 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 11 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
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.
Karns 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 7, state house district 89.
Karns 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 1,210 students, Karns Elementary is larger than the district average of about 647 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large