• COVID Dashboard

    Knox County Schools is working hard to protect its approximately 60,000 students and 8,000 employees from COVID-19, but it’s important to recognize that there will likely be positive cases at many of our schools during the semester. KCS and the Knox County Health Department will be working together to implement contact tracing when members of our school communities test positive. The district is committed to providing timely information to individuals who have potentially been exposed to COVID-19. At the same time, we must comply with state and federal mandates – including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) – to protect the privacy of our students and employees. With that in mind, we will only be able to share limited data about cases in our district at this time. This information, as well as the metrics KCS and KCHD are monitoring, will be available on the district’s dashboard below and updated daily after 4 p.m. Weekend numbers will be updated on Monday mornings.

    Due to Fall Break and the Thanksgiving Holidays, COVID data was not collected therefore some data may be missing from the graphs.

  • Schools Providing Online Learning Only

    Below is a full list of schools that are currently not providing in-school instruction along with the date when in-school instruction will restart.

    Gibbs Elementary - November 30

    Gibbs Middle - November 30

    Bearden Middle - December 7

    Mooreland Heights Elementary - December 7

    West Hills Elementary - December 7

  • KCS COVID Metrics - Updated Daily at 4 p.m.

    Student Attendance
    Teacher/School Staff Attendance
    Bus Service Interruption
    Cafeteria Support Staff Attendance
    Custodial Support Staff Attendance
    Substitute Availability
     

    Community Health Metrics (Data Source: KCHD) - Updated Weekly

    Sustained reduction or stability in new cases for 14 days
    Community-wide sustained and increased diagnostic testing with consistent or decreased test result reporting turnaround time
    Sustained or increased public health capability
    Health care system capabilities remain within current and forecasted surge capacity
    Sustained or decreased COVID-19 related death rate for identified positive or probable cases
     

    White House Task Force Report (Data Source: TDOE) - Updated Weekly

    New cases per 100,000 population and test positivity rate