📍 2925 Gray Hendrix RD, Knoxville, Knox County, 37931
Karns Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Knoxville, Knox County. The school has 950 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Knox County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Karns Middle School enrolls 950 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 667 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 130 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 63 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <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 Middle School 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 Middle School 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 950 students, Karns Middle School 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
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