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Schools in Knoxville

Knoxville’s public schools

Lamar School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Knoxville. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
40%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.3K
▲ 5% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.7
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,254 students on the public path
In brief

Knoxville’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Knoxville’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Lamar Middle School places highest (better than 58%); Lamar High School lowest (13%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Knoxville, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Lamar Elementary Schoolin LamarC+
6–8Lamar Middle Schoolin LamarB
9–12Lamar High Schoolin LamarD

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Lamar School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Lamar School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,254 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 11.7 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$14,316AR $13,585 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 39.9% · 812 students tested
Math40%
State average 38.3% · 810 students tested

Knoxville vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Knoxville’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Knoxville—Lamar
LamarB−Lamar

Every school in Knoxville

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Knoxvillein other towns
Lamar Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lamar
C+
590 students18:1Rate it →
Lamar Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Lamar
B
294 students14:1Rate it →
Lamar High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Lamar
D
370 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Knoxville’s schools

Are Knoxville’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Knoxville. Lamar School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Knoxville. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Knoxville in?

Lamar School District.

Where do Knoxville kids go to high school?

Lamar High School.

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What Knoxville families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.