Most homeschool families dream of a close-knit community where like-minded friends come together to lift each other up with their determination and positivity. But is that just a pipe dream? Absolutely not!
Although you may be struggling to find community, I promise you, it is within reach.
Luckily, we have a wealth of support groups and homeschool co-ops in Knoxville to help you meet the kindred spirits you and your kids have been searching for.
In addition to enrichment classes and parent’s day out events, these groups also offer added benefits like kindergarten and high school graduation ceremonies, science fairs, dances, clubs, yearbooks, and more!
Of course, each of these groups is as unique as the members it serves, so dive on into the list to see which one is calling your name!
Homeschool Co-ops in Knoxville
As you view each homeschool group, keep in mind that most of the religiously affiliated cooperatives do not require a statement of faith to join. They simply ask that you are respectful of their religious affiliation.
Axis Academy
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
Axis Academy offers a variety of online and in-person support classes on the topics of math and technology.
Cedar Springs Homeschool Group
- Meeting Location: Cedar Bluff (Knoxville)
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
In this homeschool cooperative, families will enjoy once-monthly parent-run classes as well as various field trips throughout the year.
Classical Conversations
- Meeting Locations: Farragut, Knoxville, Lenoir City, Louisville, Maryville, New Market, New Tazewell, Oak Ridge
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
While parents must stay on campus for the duration of the weekly classes, the classes are taught by paid tutors.
For this program, a classical-style curriculum is used both in the co-op and at home. The curriculum focuses heavily on memorization and covers history, science, English, Latin, geography, and math. There are also opportunities for science projects, public speaking, music, art, and more.
This program is tutor-led and tends to be more costly than parent-run programs.
Christian Education Enrichment Cooperative
- Meeting Location: Fountain City
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
CEEC is a high academic, college prep co-op for 8th-12th grade. This co-op is well-established and has been in operation for over 25 years.
Creative Learning Academy
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
These once-weekly homeschool classes are offered for kids ages 5 – 14. The classes are parent-led and separated by age. Class offerings are decided on as a collective and change each semester.
This co-op also hosts a variety of field trips and social events throughout the year.
Discovery Co-op
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
This parent-led homeschool co-op meets once a week. Classes are offered from Pre-K through high school.
Trinity Christian Academy
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Trinity Christian Academy offers a wide variety of academic and enrichment classes for kids in grades pre-k through 12. They also offer field trips, social events, graduation, and more!
Truth Trekkers
- Meeting Location: South Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Truth Trekkers offers k-12 enrichment and academic classes, in addition to a variety of social activities, field trips, prom, graduation, and more.
Zoo Knoxville Homeschool Classes
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
Zoo Knoxville’s homeschool science classes have both weekly and monthly options that run for a semester at a time. The program is run by Zoo Knoxville staff.
In these classes, students will learn about the various plants and animals found at the zoo. This includes hands-on animal encounters. Classes are available for kids in kindergarten through 8th grade.
Oak Grove Homeschool Cooperative
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Oak Grove offers 2 levels of support. The Friday U classes are extracurricular and are meant to supplement at-home schooling.
They also offer core hybrid programs for elementary, middle, and high school. Students in these core programs attend educator-led classes 2-3 days a week and continue with the required curriculum at home for the remaining days.
Students enrolled in one of the core programs can also sign up for Friday U separately.
Ijams Homeschool Nature Ed-ventures
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
These homeschool nature classes are led by IJAMS staff. The classes are offered for kids in preschool through elementary school. Registered students will attend 8 themed classes throughout the course of the year.
River’s Edge Christian Academy
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
This hybrid school offers the best of both worlds with 3 in-school days a week and 2 days where learning continues at home. Subjects include language arts, math, science, and history.
Thursday Connection
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Thursday Connection is a parent-run homeschool co-op that offers a variety of academic and enrichment classes.
Master’s Mondays Homeschool Co-op
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Master’s Mondays provides teacher-led academic and enrichment classes for kids in grades 6-12. This co-op also hosts clubs, special events, and field trips.
Muse Knoxville Homeschool Classes
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
These educational classes are run by Muse staff and are for grades k-5. Although you can pay for individual classes, you can register for the entire semester at a discount.
Classes focus on a variety of science topics. Payment for classes does not include admission to the museum. Parents may stay for class, but it is not a requirement.
Heart Christian Hybrid School
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
At Heart Christian Academy, students attend school 2 days a week and homeschool for the remaining 3 days.
Barefoot University
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
Barefoot University is a cooperative forest school that meets once weekly for nature-themed classes and games. It’s one of the most unique homeschool co-ops in Knoxville TN.
Paideia Academy
- Meeting Location: Knoxville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
For Kindergarten, Paideia Academy offers a hybrid school option, where students receive in-school instruction 3 days a week.
The school provides parents with everything they need to complete school at home for the remaining 2 days. This school’s curriculum takes a classical approach.
Homeschool Co-ops Near Knoxville
Crossroads Christian Academy
- Meeting Location: Lenoir City
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
This hybrid school provides 3 days of in-school instruction with qualified teachers. The curriculum is used for at-home learning for the remaining 2 weekdays.
This curriculum includes instruction in math, language arts, bible, history, and science.
Bezalel Fine Arts Co-op–Grades K-12
Meeting Location: Louisville
Religious Affiliation: Christian
This parent-run fine arts co-op meets once a week and has a focus on drama, dance, music, and all things fine arts. This is a Christian co-op.
Blount Home Education Association
Meeting Location: Maryville
Religious Affiliation: Christian
BHEA is a parent-run co-op with 2 meeting days each week. There is 1 day for preschool and elementary school and 1 day for middle and high school.
Classes include academic and extracurricular options. There are also a variety of clubs and field trips scheduled throughout the year.
Forever Families Homeschoolers
- Meeting Location: Corryton
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Forever Families offers once-weekly classes for infants through high school. In addition to classes, this co-op hosts tons of field trips, moms’ nights, and social events throughout the year.
Lakeway Heritage Community Group
- Meeting Location: New Market
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Lakeway Heritage is a parent-led co-op that meets once a week and serves students in grades k-12. This co-op also hosts a variety of social events and field trips throughout the year.
Quest Academy
- Meeting Location: Lenoir City
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Quest Academy meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Offerings include both academic and enrichment classes.
In addition to classes, this group also hosts a variety of dances, and field trips throughout the year.
Cornerstone Cooperative
- Meeting Location: Maryville
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
In addition to academic and enrichment classes, Cornerstone hosts tons of social events, moms’ nights, and field trips throughout the year. They also have a graduation ceremony for seniors.
This Christian co-op does require members to sign a statement of faith.
EDGE Co-op
- Meeting Location: Seymour
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
This homeschool group hosts parent-led classes once a week for pre-k through high school. It also offers a variety of field trips and social events throughout the year.
Harriman Baptist Tabernacle Homeschool
- Meeting Location: Harriman
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
HBT aims to provide enrichment and social activities for homeschoolers while keeping the focus on God.
Camp Ozone
- Meeting Location: Rockwood
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Camp Ozone hosts homeschool Tuesdays where families can learn about a variety of nature-themed topics, like animals, conservation, and more.
Families are also free to explore the camp for kayaking, hiking, gaga ball, and other outdoor activities.
Adventure Homeschoolers of East Tennessee
- Meeting Location: Crossville
- Religious Affiliation: secular
This parent-run homeschool co-op hosts weekly enrichment classes and a variety of field trips throughout the year.
Raising Arrows Homeschool Fellowship
- Meeting Location: Lenoir City
- Religious Affiliation: Christian
Raising Arrows provides both academic and enrichment classes, field trips, moms’ nights, and social events. This co-op does require families to sign a statement of faith.
Did we miss one of your favorite homeschool co-ops in Knoxville TN? Please send us the details so we can add it to the list.
Erica has lived in East TN for over 10 years. She enjoys exploring this gorgeous region with her husband and 3 lively children. As a former teacher turned homeschool mom, she loves finding fun and affordable activities the entire family will love, especially if they cultivate a love for learning!
Is there a curriculum store anywhere with used and new curriculum? My daughter-in-law has a COMPLETE set of ACE first grade PACEs, unused, with keys. New, they were $321.48. She would like to AT LEAST recoup $200-$250 of that, since they are unused.
She can sell it online on at one of the many used curriculum sales hosted by local homeschool co-ops. 🙂
hi there, we are thinking of moving to the area in the future.. I teach voice and piano privately and wondering if there is much of a need for that there? thanks so much!
It’s a hot market here for music lessons. You’ll have more luck if you offer daytime slots for homeschoolers. 🙂
There needs to be a review button on these different co ops so that parents can get some insight as to how they are ran, what to expect and such. I would not label one of these as a top rated co-op. I was part of one of them for several years and it’s not what is may seem. Any time I hear that someone is looking into this co-op I strongly encourage them to do their research. Research disciplinary actions, research members, research the turn around of families etc.
Just because you didn’t care for a co-op doesn’t mean other people don’t enjoy it. The advice you are giving people about this mystery co-op is solid though. These are good things to consider and research before joining any co-op.
Hi my son is going into 9 and we were thinking of moving to knoxville. My son serves the Latin mass and wanted to know if there’s one there ? My name is sharon giordano.
The Holy Ghost Church in Knoxville has a Latin mass.
My sister and I are considering moving to the Knoxville area. I am looking for a co-op home school program for my 10 year old nephew. He has some learning challenges and ADHD, and is behind in school because of it. He learns best at hands on and visual learning as much as possible. What co-op home school would be good for him that meets 2 or 3 days a week and the rest of learning at home. Also has sports activities he can get involved with. Can you give me several to check out?
Check out River’s Edge Christian Academy and see what you think.
Looing more for a co-op homeschool where he will be in class 2 or 3 days a week for at least part of the day for the major subjects and sports and do the rest at home. Any other suggestions? Oak Grove?
In addition to Oak Grove there is also River’s Edge. 🙂
Redemption School of Worship (RSW) in Powell offers 3 days a week at school and 2 days at home.
Thanks for adding this co-op.