Knox County Schools

Knox County Schools is the school district that operates all public schools in Knox County, Tennessee. It is headquartered in the Andrew Johnson Building in downtown Knoxville.

Before the 1987-1988 school year, the city of Knoxville and Knox County operated separate school districts. In that year the two systems were consolidated into Knox County Schools.

List of Knox County School Superintendents (1869-Present)

M.C Wilcott 1869-1873

Thomas Conner Karns 1873-1875

H.M Brothers 1875-1876

H.G Hampstead 1877-1878

Frank Smith 1879-1880

William Gibbs 1881-1883

John Shipe 1883-1885

James Saylor 1886-1888

J.C Ford 1889-1896

D.P Duggan 1897-1900

Sam Hill 1901-1907

E.R Cate 1907-1910

Monroe Wilson 1911-1917

William Stooksbury 1917-1922

William Morris 1923-1934

Leonard Brickey 1934-1946

Mildred Doyle 1946-1976

Earl Hofmeister 1976-1992

Allen Morgan 1992-1998

Roy Mullins 1998-1999

Charles Lindsey 1999-2007

Roy Mullins 2007-2008

James McIntyre 2008-2016

Buzz Thomas 2016-2017 (interim)

Bob Thomas 2017-Present

Lists of Knox County City School Superintendents (1871-1988)

Alenander Baird 1871-1875

Reverend H.T Morton 1875-1878

R.D.S Robertson 1877-1881

Albert Ruth 1881-1897

J.H. McCallie 1897-1901

Albert Ruth 1901-1907

Seymour Mynders 1907-1911

Walter Miller 1910-1924

Homer Shepherd 1926-1931

Harry Clark 1932-1941

Thomas Prince 1941-1949

Wilson New 1949-1954

Thomas Johnston 1954-1964

Olin Adams, Jr. 1964-1971

Elmer Aslinger 1971-1973

Roy Wallace 1973-1975

James Newman 1975-1984

Fred Bedelle, Jr. 1984-1987

The district has 88 schools (including 50 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, 14 high schools, 11 special schools) with 8,339 employees serving approximately 57,800 students in the cities of Knoxville and Farragut as well as all other communities in the county. There are 3,927 classroom teachers, 85 principals, and 126 assistant principals. The system has another 549 certified personnel plus 3,652 support staff. All middle and high schools are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and 96% of the elementary schools are accredited.

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