Rocky Hill Elementary

Rocky Hill Elementary is a K-5 school of expansive scale in Knoxville, Tennessee, run under Knox County, educateing 721 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 470 students per school, that is 53% larger than typical.

Knox County runs 93 schools in total, collectively educating 60,185 students. Rocky Hill Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Rocky Hill Elementary shows that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Knox County indicate 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 Rocky Hill Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Hills Elementary, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rocky Hill Elementary.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 771 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.