✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-884 students11.5 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Christian schools in Knoxville, TN
18 in Knoxville or within 6 miles; schools in Knoxville itself count at any distance from downtown. 11 are on the state’s EFS list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12246 students9.8 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12581 students12.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed65% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12436 students8.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed90% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-12204 students12 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed84% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades KBaptistEarly childhoodCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-121,002 students10.8 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed50% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-121,054 students13.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed87% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8329 students8.4 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12209 students11.9 students per teacherChurch of ChristCo-ed40% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-12819 students7 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed65% to 4-year college
Day Spring Christian Academy
under 1 miGrades K-1133 students6.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Grades K-936 students7.1 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
Grades K-12130 students3.2 students per teacherPentecostalAlternativeCo-ed80% to 4-year college
Grades K-1231 students8.6 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed
Grades PreK-KPresbyterianEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-524 students6 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed
Grades PreK-KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Christian schools near Knoxville by the numbers
- Where
- 17 in Knoxville, 1 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 5,218 in all; the typical school has 209
- Smallest and largest
- Grace Covenant Baptist Academy, 24 students; Christian Academy of Knoxville, 1,054 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.4 typical, 3.2 to 13.2 across 18 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 9, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 65% of graduates at the typical high school (9 reporting)
- State program
- Scholarship, $7,530 per student for 2026-27
How EFS works
- Pre-K (and up)11
- Elementary (K to 5)18
- Middle (6 to 8)14
- High school (9 to 12)12
- K to 12, one school10
- Under 504
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2993
- 300 to 5993
- 600 or more3
- Christian schools here61%
- All of Tennessee57%
Lowest$6,500Middle$9,945Highest$18,250
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 6 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
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