Mooreland Heights Elementary

Mooreland Heights Elementary is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in Knoxville, Tennessee, overseen by Knox County, with 369 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Mooreland Heights Elementary is one of 93 schools operated by Knox County, a district that caters to 60,185 students overall.

On demographics, Mooreland Heights Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Knox County put median household income runs about $74,222, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mooreland Heights Elementary is one of 103 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students).

Nearest neighbor: South Doyle Middle School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mooreland Heights Elementary.

Mooreland Heights Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 23%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 44%.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.