Hardin Valley Middle, 2280 Steele Road: grades 6-8, 1,061 students in 2024-25, state grade A. Office: 865-539-7827.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: hardinvalleyms.knoxschools.org, Knox County Schools, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and data files and the NCES school directory.
Hardin Valley Middle School is a Knox County Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 2280 Steele Road in Knoxville. The school has a Knoxville mailing address but sits outside the city limits, in unincorporated Knox County.
Hardin Valley Middle has served students since 2018, according to its About Us page.
Who to call
- Front office: 865-539-7827, 2280 Steele Road, Knoxville, TN 37932
- School website: hardinvalleyms.knoxschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: enrollment happens at the zoned school; questions go to the Knox County Schools Office of Enrollment and Transfers, 865-594-1502, according to the district’s enrollment page
- Buses: Knox County Schools Transportation, 865-594-1550, or the Daily Bus Report
- District central office: 865-594-1800
| Address | 2280 Steele Road, Knoxville, TN 37932 |
| Phone | 865-539-7827 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| District | Knox County Schools |
| School board district and KCS region | District 6, Region 2 |
| Students, 2024-25 (state count) | 1,061 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | A |
Principal
Principal Rachel Harmon, according to the school’s About Us page.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 1,061 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 1,017 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 students per teacher.
State report card
Tennessee gives most public schools an A-F letter grade. The Department of Education says the grades are meant “to provide a snapshot of how each school performed during the previous academic year,” according to its school letter grades page. The grade combines indicators scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth, growth of the highest-need students and, for high schools, college and career readiness.
Hardin Valley Middle earned an A for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 5 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5 |
| Growth | 5 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 5 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 60.4% |
Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, all grades, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):
| Subject | Met or exceeded | Valid tests |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 52.9% | 1,020 |
| Math | 56.1% | 915 |
| Science | 65.8% | 1,019 |
| Social studies | 75.5% | 1,019 |
| Algebra I | 94.3% | 105 |
The full report, with chronic absence and results by student group, is on the State Report Card page for Hardin Valley Middle.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the KGIS school zone search, the lookup Knox County Schools sends families to. Zones do not follow city limits. Only a small part of the zone, about 2% of its area, lies inside Knoxville city limits, according to our comparison of the district zone map and city limits published on KGIS.
From the district’s feeder pattern list, students come to Hardin Valley Middle from Ball Camp Elementary, Farragut Intermediate, Farragut Primary, Hardin Valley Elementary and Mill Creek Elementary, some of them only in part, and go on to Hardin Valley Academy and Karns High.
Families who want a school outside their zone apply for a transfer. The priority window for the 2027-28 school year opened Oct. 1, 2026, and closes at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2027; a final window runs April 1 to June 1, 2027. Seats depend on space, are assigned by lottery-style numbers within priority groups, and transfer students get no bus service, according to the district’s transfer page.
Calendar and bell times
From the Knox County Schools 2026-27 calendar:
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: in-service day, no school for students
- Wednesday, Nov. 18: half day for students
- Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holidays, schools closed
- Friday, Dec. 18: half day; end of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
- March 8-12, 2027: spring break
- Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day for students (half day)
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and half days 8:30 a.m. to noon, according to the district’s school schedules page.
More on Knoxville schools
- The school’s website and the Knox County Schools list of schools
- Every public school in Knoxville
- Our Knoxville schools guide for enrollment documents, the full calendar and school board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Hardin Valley Middle School serve?
Hardin Valley Middle serves grades 6 to 8. It is a Knox County Schools campus at 2280 Steele Road, Knoxville; the main office number is 865-539-7827.
What is Hardin Valley Middle’s state letter grade?
Hardin Valley Middle earned an A in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 5 out of 5, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
Which high school does Hardin Valley Middle feed into?
Hardin Valley Middle feeds Hardin Valley Academy and Karns High, depending on the address, according to the Knox County Schools feeder pattern list.
What time does Hardin Valley Middle start?
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the Knox County Schools school schedules page.
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