Bearden Middle School

Bearden Middle School, a roomy intermediate school in Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by Knox County, instructs 1,229 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 554 students each, so Bearden Middle School sits 122% larger than that benchmark.

Bearden Middle School is one of 93 schools operated by Knox County, a district that teaches 60,185 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bearden Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Knox County) records that the typical household earns roughly $74,222 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Knox County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students), Bearden Middle School is one campus in the mix.

West Hills Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Bearden Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bearden Middle School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,299 (now 1,229). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 20%.

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