Knox County, Tennessee
At Amherst Elementary School, 41.8% of Black students meet met or exceeded expectations — 6.2 points below the 48% recorded for all students at the same school, and 13.6 points above the 28.2% average for Black students across Knox County.
Among the 78 schools in Knox County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 15th. Across Tennessee, the average for Black students is 30.8%.
Compare Tennessee schools ›Share of students meeting met or exceeded expectations at Amherst Elementary School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.
The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Middle School | 42.1% | 44.5% | 22.3% | 44.3% | — |
| Ball Camp Elementary | 58.1% | 44.4% | 45.7% | 61.4% | 68.4% |
| Farragut High School | 70.6% | 43.5% | 54.6% | 71.7% | 85.8% |
| A L Lotts Elementary | 63% | 42.2% | 31% | 70.6% | 66.7% |
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary | 51.1% | 42% | 41.7% | 58.1% | — |
| Amherst Elementary School This school | 48% | 41.8% | 34.1% | 53% | — |
| Copper Ridge Elementary | 47.1% | 40.5% | 43.6% | 47.7% | — |
| Powell Middle School | 46% | 40.1% | 31.9% | 48.4% | — |
| New Hopewell Elementary | 50.6% | 39.2% | 48.7% | 52.6% | — |
| Gibbs Elementary | 52.2% | 39.1% | 20% | 55.2% | — |
| Halls Elementary | 53.1% | 37.5% | 36.7% | 54.5% | — |
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