Knoxville Area High Schools (Farragut: neighborhoods, school district, live)

[World Citizens]

Does anyone have any experience with Bearden vs. West vs. Farragut high schools? There don't seem to be huge differences when you look at raw statistics. Would love to have your opinions.

[oldmanbob]

Great schools, and we had children in both. We lived in the area, and our daughter started and graduated from Farragut, and in her junior year, we were rezoned and our son went to Bearden. Both shcools are close in many areas, kind of equal in sports, and the grade scores are also very close.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by World Citizens

Does anyone have any experience with Bearden vs. West vs. Farragut high schools? There don't seem to be huge differences when you look at raw statistics. Would love to have your opinions.

Like oldmanbob said, Bearden and Farragut are very similar. Farragut is a bit newer, but the demographics are about the same. Both high schools have fierce loyalties among its students and alumni.

West has a little more variety when it comes to the socio-economic background of its students. Included in West's zone is Sequoyah Hills, probably the toniest neighborhood in Knoxville. But also included in West's zone are some poor, inner-city neighborhoods and some more ethnic areas. Being the closest high school to U.T. means it also has quite a few kids of U.T. faculty members. It's also the smallest of the three high schools you mentioned.

Knox County is fortunate to have, over all, a very good urban school district.

[World Citizens]

Glad to hear your experiences were good. That broadens the house-hunting base quite a bit. Thanks for the info!