Holston Middle School

Holston Middle School is one of the low-enrollment intermediate schools in Knoxville, Tennessee, run under Knox County, with 461 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

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

Demographically, Holston Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In the area at large, Knox County reports that median household income runs about $74,222, 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 Holston Middle School is one.

Chilhowee Intermediate 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.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 49%: 898 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 54% over that span.

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