Richard Yoakley School
Knoxville · TN · Knox County · Public · K-12 combined
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Berean Christian School → Austin East High/Magnet → Central High School → Fulton High School → Lincoln Park Technology and Trade Center → Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy → Tennessee School for the Deaf High School → L N STEM Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Richard Yoakley School compares for families
What families should know about Richard Yoakley School.
- ▸ LocallyTN sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Berean Christian School, Austin East High/Magnet, Central High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 14% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -13.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 81 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berean Christian School Knoxville |
Private | 0.8 | 410 | +8.8% |
| Austin East High/Magnet Knoxville |
Public | 2.1 | 663 | +1.1% |
| Central High School Knoxville |
Public | 2.5 | 1,265 | -1.4% |
| Fulton High School Knoxville |
Public | 2.7 | 933 | +1.2% |
| Lincoln Park Technology and Trade Center Knoxville |
Public | 3.1 | — | — |
| Dr. Paul L. Kelley Volunteer Academy Knoxville |
Public | 3.2 | 95 | +23.4% |
| Tennessee School for the Deaf High School Knoxville |
Public | 4.3 | 45 | — |
| L N STEM Academy Knoxville |
Public | 4.4 | 588 | +2.4% |