✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8217 students10.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Knoxville, TN
3 in Knoxville or within 6 miles; schools in Knoxville itself count at any distance from downtown. 3 are on the state’s EFS list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8503 students12.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-825 students12.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Knoxville by the numbers
- Where
- all 3 in Knoxville
- Students
- about 745 in all; the typical school has 217
- Smallest and largest
- St. John Neumann School, 25 students; Sacred Heart Cathedral School, 503 students
- Students per teacher
- 12.4 typical, 10.3 to 12.5 across 3 schools
- Not taught by these 3
- high school
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 2, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- Sacred Heart Cathedral School $14,000
- State program
- Scholarship, $7,530 per student for 2026-27
How EFS works
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships schools, list dated August 24, 2026, checked November 4, 2026.
- Award and rules: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
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