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
More information can be found on the Kentucky School Report Card for Knox County.
School Year Calendar
| 2026-2027 Calendar | |
|---|---|
| July - August 19 | Flexible Professional Development (4 Days) |
| August 20 | Planning Day for Teachers |
| August 21 | Opening Day for Teachers |
| August 24 | First Day for Students |
| September 7 | Labor Day - Holiday - No School |
| October 5-9 | Fall Break - No School |
| November 3 | Election Day - No School |
| November 23-27 | Thanksgiving Break - No School |
| December 21- Jan. 1, 2027 | Winter/Christmas Break - No School |
| January 4 | Students Return to School |
| January 18 | Martin Luther King Day - No School |
| March 29-April 2 | Tentative Spring Break |
| May 14 | Tentative Last Day for Students |
| May 17 | Tenative Closing Day for Teachers |
| May 18 | Election Day |
| May 31 | Memorial Day |
| KNOX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | ||||||||||||||||
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| 2026-2027 School Calendar - 162 Instructional Days | ||||||||||||||||
| July 2026 | August 2026 | September 2026 | ||||||||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 H | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 G | 21 O | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||
| August 24th First Day for Students | ||||||||||||||||
| October 2026 | November 2026 | December 2026 | ||||||||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 E | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 H | 27 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 H | ||
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||||||
| January 2027 | February 2027 | March 2027 | ||||||||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 18 H | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||||||||
| April 2027 | May 2027 | June 2027 | ||||||||||||||
| M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 C | 18 E | 19 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 G | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||||||
| May 14th Last day for Students | ||||||||||||||||
| Board Approved Feburary 27, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 Holidays | September 7, Labor Day | |||||||||||||||
| November 26, Thanksgiving | O | Opening Day | ||||||||||||||
| December 25, Christmas Day | C | Closing Day | ||||||||||||||
| January 18, MLK Day | H | Holiday | ||||||||||||||
| PD | Professional Development | |||||||||||||||
| End of Term | 10/16/26, 12/18/26, 03/05/27, 05/14/27 | G | Planning, Teachers & Staff Only | |||||||||||||
| E | Election | |||||||||||||||
| Fall Break: October 5 - October 9 | No School | |||||||||||||||
| Thanksgiving Break: November 23 - November 27 | First Day and Last Day | |||||||||||||||
| Christmas Break: December 21 - January 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spring Break: March 29 - April 2 | ||||||||||||||||