2024-2025
Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA)
Results for Knox County Public Schools

Reading Assessment
Elementary • 34% Proficient | 23% Distinguished
Middle • 35% Proficient | 20% Distinguished
High School • 33% Proficient | 13% Distinguished

Mathematics Assessment
Elementary • 33% Proficient | 18% Distinguished
Middle • 32% Proficient | 13% Distinguished
High School • 35% Proficient | 9% Distinguished

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More information can be found on the Kentucky School Report Card for Knox County.

School Year Calendar

2025-2026 School Calendar –Amended
DateDescription
June - July4 Flex Professional Development Days
August 1Staff Dev TE day 1
August 4Planning Day – Teachers prepare their classrooms
August 5Opening Day Teachers
August 6 – Changed August 111st day students
September 1Labor Day – No School
October 6-10Daniel Boone Festival – No School
November 24-28Thanksgiving Break
November 2624 hours of PD required by this date
December 22, 2025 – Jan 3, 2026Christmas Break – No School
January 19MLK Day – Holiday – No School
March 30 -April 3Spring Break
May 19No School Election Day (possible make up day if needed)
May 21 - (changed May 6)Last Day for Students
May 22Closing Day for Teachers
2026-2027 Calendar
July - August 19Flexible Professional Development (4 Days)
August 20Planning Day for Teachers
August 21Opening Day for Teachers
August 24First Day for Students
September 7Labor Day - Holiday - No School
October 5-9Fall Break - No School
November 3Election Day - No School
November 23-27Thanksgiving Break - No School
December 21- Jan. 1, 2027Winter/Christmas Break - No School
January 4Students Return to School
January 18Martin Luther King Day - No School
March 29-April 2Tentative Spring Break
May 14Tentative Last Day for Students
May 17Tenative Closing Day for Teachers
May 18Election Day
May 31Memorial Day