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Powell High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2136 West Emory Rd
Powell, TN 37849
Phone
(865) 938-2171
District
Knox County
County
KNOX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1347
Classroom Teachers
78

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

4

(10 is best)

Better than 39.6% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Powell High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
39%
39%
49%
24%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 351 26.1%
Grade 10 346 25.7%
Grade 11 334 24.8%
Grade 12 316 23.5%
Total 1347 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 70.7% 70.2% 61.4%
Black 9.4% 13.5% 21.6%
Hispanic 18.2% 13.5% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.5% 2.6% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 481,406 7,126,489
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 947.0 171
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.5% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.4% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 16.1% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 194,842 2,768,743
Single Parent Households With Children 7.3% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.3% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.2% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.9% 15.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.9% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.1% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.8% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,828 $353,232,000 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $477 $28,884,000 4.7%
Staff $704 $42,657,000 7.0%
General Administration $237 $14,394,000 2.4%
School Administration $646 $39,177,000 6.4%
Operation $806 $48,877,000 8.0%
Transportation $360 $21,838,000 3.6%
Other $277 $16,800,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,508 $212,627,000 34.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $755 $45,773,000 7.5%
Total Expenditures $10,091 $611,632,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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