Karns High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Karns High School in Knoxville, Tennessee enrolled 1,365 students in 2024-25. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 11% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 4% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 2%

1,394 students in 2022-23, 1,341 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 91.4 to 89.9.

Students enrolled at Karns High School by school year2022-23: 1,394, 2023-24: 1,34105001k1.5k2022-231,3942023-241,341
Students enrolled at Karns High School by school year2022-23: 1,394, 2023-24: 1,34105001k1.5k2022-231,3942023-241,341
Students enrolled at Karns High School by school year2022-23: 1,394, 2023-24: 1,34105001k1.5k2022-231,3942023-241,341
Students enrolled at Karns High School by school year2022-23: 1,394, 2023-24: 1,34105001k1.5k2022-231,3942023-241,341
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,39491.415.3
2023-241,34189.914.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

19 AP courses and one counselor per 280 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Karns High School enrolled 1,400 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 179 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses19
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 280 of the 1,400 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions179
  • Chronically absent33.4% (2022-23)

Who attends

65.1% of students were White, 19.9% Hispanic, 7.8% Black in 2024-25.

  1. White65.1%
  2. Hispanic19.9%
  3. Black7.8%
  4. Two or more races5.4%
  5. Asian1.2%
  6. American Indian0.5%
  7. Pacific Islander0.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2022-23

In 2022-23, the students tested at Karns High School scored proficient or above: 11% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2022-23
SubjectThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Math11%35% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90% of the 326 students in Karns High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate90%89%87.3%
Students in the class3264,31571,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Knoxville

17 public high schools in Knoxville report 2024-25 enrollment; Karns High School is number 5 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Farragut High School2,07318.4not reported
Bearden High School1,96316.1not reported
Hardin Valley Academy1,91616.8not reported
West High School1,47416.9not reported
Karns High School1,36515.3not reported
Central High School1,26513.5not reported
Halls High School1,23616.0not reported
Fulton High School93311.1not reported

All public schools in Knoxville →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Karns High School

  1. Hardin Valley AcademyThe nearest public high school, 3.6 miles away: 1,916 students, 16.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.6 mi
  2. Bearden High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 5.3 miles away: 1,963 students, 16.1 per teacher (2024-25).5.3 mi
  3. Compare Karns High School with Hardin Valley AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Knox County Schools spends per student$11,187 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,187
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeKarns High School is the number 65 by size of 384 Tennessee high schools open in 2024-25.#65 of 384
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Karns High School

  1. How many students attend Karns High School?
    1,365 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,394 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Knoxville, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Karns High School?
    15.3 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Karns High School a Title I school?
    Karns High School was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Karns High School do on state tests?
    In 2022-23, the students tested at Karns High School scored proficient or above: 11% in math, against 34.3% in math across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Karns High School?
    90% of the 326 students in Karns High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Karns High School in?
    Knox County Schools, NCES district ID 4702220. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470222000748 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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