📍 220 Carrick ST, Knoxville, Knox County, 37921
Emerald Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Knoxville, Knox County. The school has 448 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Knox County school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 19% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Emerald Academy enrolls 448 students across grades K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Black or African American, 17% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 259 | 58% |
| White | 77 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 9.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Emerald Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-20, state senate district 7, state house district 15.
Emerald Academy 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 448 students, Emerald Academy is smaller than the district average of about 647 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize