✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-8 84 students 11.5 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) Co-ed
Private elementary schools in Knoxville, TN
38 in Knoxville or within 6 miles; schools in Knoxville itself count at any distance from downtown. 18 are on the state’s EFS list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 246 students 9.8 students per teacher Pentecostal Co-ed 20% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 581 students 12.4 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Special program emphasis Co-ed 65% to 4-year college
St. Joseph School
4 mi ✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-8 217 students 10.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 436 students 8.1 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 90% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-8 503 students 12.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades K-12 204 students 12 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 84% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades K Baptist Early childhood Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades K-5 55 students 6.2 students per teacher Jewish Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 1,002 students 10.8 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 50% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 1,054 students 13.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 87% to 4-year college
Webb School of Knoxville
10 mi ✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 1,048 students 7.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-8 329 students 8.4 students per teacher Episcopal Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-12 209 students 11.9 students per teacher Church of Christ Co-ed 40% to 4-year college
Concord Christian School
14 mi ✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades K-12 819 students 7 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 65% to 4-year college
St. John Neumann School
15 mi ✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship Grades PreK-8 25 students 12.5 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Day Spring Christian Academy
under 1 mi Grades K-11 33 students 6.7 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades K-9 36 students 7.1 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
Grades PreK-11 82 students 10.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Other religious Early childhood Co-ed
Peer Academy
4 mi Grades K-10 45 students 3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
On the state’s official list Other private schools
All 38 private elementary schools in Knoxville or within 6 miles
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