South-Doyle High School, Knoxville: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: southdoylehs.knoxschools.org, Knox County Schools, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and data files, the NCES school directory and the TSSAA.

South-Doyle High School is a Knox County Schools high school for grades 9 to 12 at 2020 Tipton Station Road in Knoxville. The school has a Knoxville mailing address but sits outside the city limits, in unincorporated Knox County.

South-Doyle High, formed from the former Young, Doyle and South high schools, opened in 1991, according to its About Us page.

Who to call

• Front office: 865-577-4475, 2020 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville, TN 37920
• School website: southdoylehs.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

Principal

Executive Principal Rocky Riley, according to the school’s About Us page.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 925 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
• Federal count: 955 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 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.

South-Doyle High earned a C for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 3 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.

Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, all grades, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):

• Graduation rate, class of 2025: 87% (180 of 207 students), in the state’s graduation rate file.
• ACT, 2024-25: average composite score 18.4; 35.2% of 176 test takers scored 21 or higher, per the state ACT file.

The full report, with chronic absence and results by student group, is on the State Report Card page for South-Doyle High.

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. About 22% of the zone’s area lies inside Knoxville city limits, according to our comparison of the district zone map and city limits published on KGIS; most of it is unincorporated Knox County.

From the district’s feeder pattern list, South-Doyle High draws from South-Doyle Middle, some of them only in part.

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)

Regular days run 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and half days end at noon, according to the district’s school schedules page. The school also has optional early instruction at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday.

Sports and activities

South-Doyle High plays football in Class 4A, Region 2 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA’s current alignments, with Alcoa, Anderson County, Carter, Fulton, Gibbs, Heritage and Union County. In basketball it is in Class 3A, District 5, with Alcoa, Heritage, Loudon and Sequoyah - Madisonville.

The school’s athletics page lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, football, girls flag football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

Follow the season on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

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 South-Doyle High School serve?

South-Doyle High serves grades 9 to 12. It is a Knox County Schools campus at 2020 Tipton Station Road, Knoxville; the main office number is 865-577-4475.

What is South-Doyle High’s state letter grade?

South-Doyle High earned a C in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 3 out of 5, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

What time does South-Doyle High start?

The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the Knox County Schools school schedules page.

What classification is South-Doyle High in for football?

South-Doyle High plays in Class 4A, Region 2, in the TSSAA’s 2026-27 football alignment.