Whittle Springs Middle School

Whittle Springs Middle School, a small junior high in Knoxville, Tennessee, overseen by Knox County, works with 466 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Knox County comprises 93 schools with combined enrollment of 60,185 students; Whittle Springs Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Whittle Springs Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% White, 20% Black, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

In the broader community, 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 Whittle Springs Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Tennessee Virtual Academy, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 23% to 43% over that span.

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