Carter High School

Set in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee, Carter High School is a reasonably sized four-year high school, part of Knox County. It teaches 749 students across grades 9 through 12.

Knox County runs 93 schools in total, collectively educating 60,185 students. Carter High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Carter High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Knox County as a whole.

Across the wider county, census data for Knox County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,222 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Knox County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students), of which Carter High School is one.

Carter Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 954 students in 2018 compared to 749 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 3% to 10% over that span.

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