Richard Yoakley School

Set in Knoxville, Tennessee, Richard Yoakley School is a minimally staffed secondary school, run under Knox County. It teaches 81 students across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Richard Yoakley School sits 89% leaner than that benchmark.

Knox County comprises 93 schools with combined enrollment of 60,185 students; Richard Yoakley School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Richard Yoakley School logs that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Knox County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Around the school, census data for Knox County shows 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. In all, Knox County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students), of which Richard Yoakley School is one.

The closest other public school is Spring Hill Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 67 students in 2018 compared to 81 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 15% across the same window.

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