Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Primary and secondary education===
Public schools in Knoxville are part of the [[Knox County Schools]] system, which oversees 89 schools (50 elementary, 14 middle, 14 high, and 11 adult centers) serving over 56,000 students. This system includes five [[magnet school]]s and a [[STEM fields|STEM]] academy.<ref name=mpcfacts/> Knox County high schools had a graduation rate of 86.6%, as of 2011.<ref>Knox County Schools, [http://knoxschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=&pageid=255065&sessionid= Strategic Plan Results—Graduation Rate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718095908/http://knoxschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=&pageid=255065&sessionid= |date=July 18, 2012 }}. Retrieved: January 20, 2012.</ref> The average classroom ratio is 14 students per teacher.<ref name=mpcfacts/>

Knox County is home to over 50 private and parochial schools,<ref name=mpcfacts/> the largest of which include the [[Christian Academy of Knoxville]], the [[Webb School of Knoxville]], [[Knoxville Catholic High School]], Concord Christian School, Grace Christian Academy, Cedar Springs Weekday School, and Sacred Heart Cathedral School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Largest Private High Schools in the Knoxville Area |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/largest-private-high-schools/m/knoxville-area/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Niche |language=en}}</ref>