Gap Creek Elementary

Gap Creek Elementary operates as a micro-enrollment elementary school in Knoxville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Knox County. Current enrollment sits at 73 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 84% leaner than typical.

Knox County comprises 93 schools with combined enrollment of 60,185 students; Gap Creek Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Gap Creek Elementary shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 5% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Knox County put 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%. Gap Creek Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students).

Nearest neighbor: New Hopewell Elementary, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 28%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 73 in 2025. The White share of enrollment increased from 87% to 93% over that span.

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