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Knoxville, Tennessee, 60,604 students in 94 schools

Knox County School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Knox, measured against Knox's own big snow morning of 6.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Knox close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Knoxville.
The Knox playbook

How Knox calls a snow day

When the call comes

Before 5 a.m. if at all possible; staff review conditions no later than 4:45 a.m.

“In the event that the decision to cancel school or delay school must be made in the early morning hours, this decision should be made prior to 5 a.m. if at all possible.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, social media, the district website and local TV.

“Develop a 20-25 second message for distribution by mass telephonic means using the district notification system. Calls will come from 865-594-4400.”
Severe Weather Info

8 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar.

“Note: This calendar allows cancellation of up to 8 instructional days due to inclement weather or serious outbreaks of illness before any make up days will be required.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 10, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 26, 2027
District calendar

Read from Knox’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is knoxschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Knox’s snow record

4.3inches of snow a winter
0.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
6.1 ina big snow morning in Knox: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 84% of the 106 Tennessee districts with a station record.

0Nov
0.9Dec
2.7Jan
0Feb
0.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.3 in on January 16, 2024
  • Snowiest winter 2023 to 2024, 11.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 0.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.2 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Tennessee rule

How Tennessee counts a lost day

Tennessee requires at least 180 days of classroom instruction, with a 6.5 hour instructional day. A district that runs a half hour longer than the required 6.5 hour day all year banks the extra time as up to 13 stockpile days, which can cover days lost to dangerous or extreme weather.

The Tennessee rules in the agency’s own words, and every Tennessee district

Next door

Districts near Knox

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Blount County School DistrictMaryville4.8 in0.2
Anderson County School DistrictClinton3.2 in0.1
Oak Ridge City School DistrictOak Ridge5.5 in0.2
Union County School DistrictMaynardville6.6 in0.3
Sevier County School DistrictKodak2.4 in0.1
Jefferson County School DistrictDandridge6.4 in0.2
The schools

94 schools, the 40 largest here

Every school in Knox follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Farragut High School
  • Hardin Valley Academy
  • Bearden High School
  • West High School
  • Karns High School
  • Central High School
  • Powell High School, Powell
  • Halls High School
  • Gibbs High School, Corryton
  • South Doyle High School
  • Fulton High School
  • Carter High School, Strawberry Plains
  • Austin East High/Magnet

Middle

  • Farragut Middle School
  • Bearden Middle School
  • West Valley Middle School
  • Hardin Valley Middle School
  • Halls Middle School
  • Karns Middle School
  • Northwest Middle School
  • Gresham Middle School
  • South Doyle Middle School
  • Powell Middle School, Powell
  • Gibbs Middle School, Corryton
  • Carter Middle School, Strawberry Plains

Elementary

  • Hardin Valley Elementary
  • Northshore Elementary School
  • Cedar Bluff Elementary
  • Karns Elementary
  • Farragut Intermediate
  • Farragut Primary
  • A L Lotts Elementary
  • Gibbs Elementary, Corryton
  • Brickey McCloud Elementary
  • Powell Elementary, Powell
  • Halls Elementary
  • Rocky Hill Elementary
  • West Hills Elementary
  • Amherst Elementary School
  • Blue Grass Elementary
Questions

Knox snow day questions

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More winter

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.