Blount County Schools | |
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Address | |
831 Grandview Drive Maryville, Tennessee, Tennessee, Blount County, Tennessee 37803 United States |
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Information | |
Funding type | Public |
Director of Schools | Rob Britt |
Staff | 640 |
Teaching staff | 750 |
Number of students | 11,800 |
Athletics conference | TSSAA |
Website | www |
Blount County Schools (BCS) is a school district in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. The district has 18 schools with 750 teachers/administrators serving approximately 11,000 students in the communities of Alcoa, Eagleton Village, Friendsville, Greenback, Happy Valley, Louisville, Maryville, Rockford, Seymour, Tallassee, Townsend, Walland & Wildwood. Below is a list of schools in the system, grouped by high school and feeder schools, followed by the year built, mascot and enrollment figures.
Throughout the 1980s, the school system undertook a programme of school consolidation, particularly for elementary schools. The result was larger, more comprehensive schools. The consolidation led to the closing of several smaller and community schools.
Townsend High School, Walland High School, Everett High School, Lanier High School, Porter High School, Friendsville High School