Knox Adaptive Education Center

Knox Adaptive Education Center is one of the minimally staffed K-12 campuss in Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by Knox County, with 42 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 83% below the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 243 students.

Across the 93 schools in Knox County (60,185 students total), Knox Adaptive Education Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Knox Adaptive Education Center logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 21% Black, 14% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Knox County) logs that median household income runs about $74,222, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Knox Adaptive Education Center is one.

Bearden Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Knox Adaptive Education Center.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Knox Adaptive Education Center's enrollment has ticked down 52% since 2018, when it stood at 88 (now 42).

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