Kingsport City Schools Lowers Tuition Rates for the 2024-2025 School Year

KINGSPORT, Tenn. - The Kingsport Board of Education has approved a revision to lower tuition rates for non-Kingsport residents attending Kingsport City Schools, effective for the 2024-2025 school year. Non-Kingsport residents in Tennessee will now pay a tuition rate of $1,000 per student/per year. In addition, City of Kingsport and Kingsport City Schools employees will now pay a tuition rate of $500 per student/per year.

Applications are available online at www.k12k.com via the "Zoning & Tuition Application" link at the top of the homepage or, if need be, in-person at the KCS Administrative Support Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, second floor, downtown Kingsport. The application deadline for priority status is June 5, 2024. Applications received by the June 5 deadline will be given priority over those received after the deadline.

Parents of students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport must submit a tuition application to attend Kingsport City Schools. Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition and zoning status, even if they attended Kingsport City Schools during the preceding school year.

Tuition Rates for 2024-25 School Year:

All Tennessee Counties - 1st Child @ $1,000/year or $100/month
All Tennessee Counties - 2nd Child @ $950/year or $95/month
All Tennessee Counties - Additional Child @ $900/year or $90/month
Out of State - $9,700/year calculated yearly based on State of Tennessee funding

Tuition Rates for the 2024-25 School Year (City of Kingsport and Kingsport City Schools employees):

All Tennessee Counties - 1st Child @ $500 /year or $50/month
All Tennessee Counties - 2nd Child @ $475/year or $47.50/month
All Tennessee Counties - Additional Child @ $450/year or $45/month

The following are excerpts from the Kingsport Board of Education’s policies and procedures for zoning and tuition:

Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition or zoning status.
Students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport shall pay tuition charges as approved annually by the Board of Education.
Failure to pay tuition will disqualify a student’s application for the next year.
Tuition students are accepted and zoning exceptions are granted only if current enrollment permits.
The system does not provide bus transportation for tuition or zoning exception students, except in specific circumstances.

To find out the school for which your child is zoned, please refer to the online KCS School Zone Finder listed under the “School Zones/Street Directory” link under “Families” at k12k.com, or call the KCS Administrative Support Center at (423) 378.2100.

For additional information, please contact Jim Nash, Chief Student Services Officer at (423) 378.2169 or [email protected].

Kingsport City Schools (KCS) is a public school district located in Kingsport, Tenn., serving students in Sullivan and Hawkins county. The district is comprised of 13 schools, including a Pre-K, eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school, a high school program of choice, and an alternative learning program; with a total enrollment of over 7,400 students.

KCS has been ranked the "#1 Best Place to Teach in Tennessee" by the 2023 NICHE Best Schools Ranking and the City of Kingsport has been voted as the "Nicest Places in America" in the October 2022 Reader's Digest.

For more information visit www.k12k.com, listen live on WCSK 90.3 FM, The Voice of KCS, or call the KCS Administrative Support Center at (423) 378.2100. We’re social too; follow us on Facebook (kcsdistrict), Instagram (kcs__district), Threads (@kcs__district), X (@kcs__district), LinkedIn (kcsdistrict), and check out our YouTube Channel (@kcs__district).

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