Karns Middle School

Grades: 6-8
Students: 950
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 16:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 468:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
8 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
6/10
Test Scores
4/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
6/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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Read what parents are saying about Karns Middle School
this is very underestimated for many things but their are plenty of teachers who have unique ways of teaching making them more hands on which a lot of students.
Posted by a student on 12/30/2025
I was a parent to two students in Karns Middl. It is a very rural Bible-belt environment, and students will be bombarded with Christian proselytizing in the classroom. Several teachers will have creationist narratives and will openly push their religious view on the students. Attempts to remedy the
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Posted by a parent on 8/7/2025
Shame on you karns middle school for not following through with the dress code equally to all GENDERS!!! If it is not ok for boys to wear pajama pants then it eaually is not ok for all the girls to run around in booty shorts! ALL DRESS CODE SHOULD BE EQUAL! If you are going to say something to a
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Posted by a parent on 1/4/2022
For 6 years, we had students at KMS. They thrived.
Posted by a parent on 9/21/2020
Excellent, we actually moved into this zone for this school specifically and it has lived up to its reputation
Posted by a parent on 11/5/2019

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Knoxville schools - Karns Middle School is located at 2925 Gray Hendrix Road, Knoxville TN 37931. Karns Middle School is in the Knox County School District. Karns Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6-8.

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