Schools · Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN schools
Kids attend one of 21 schools through grade 12, then one of 9 high schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Chattanooga’s School Grade: C
The public schools Chattanooga’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresDGraduation
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 34%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (237)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 22,119 tested students and a graduating class of 3,130; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Chattanooga kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Hamilton County)31%
State average 26.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
TN: 90.3%
Graduating class
3,130
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #147 of 163 TN towns →
Districts
The district serving Chattanooga
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 73 schools in Chattanooga
Showing 1–30 of 73 schools
East Brainerd Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 1,177 students
A-PublicNormal Park Museum Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 877 students
APublicHarrison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 775 students
CPublicClifton Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 703 students
CPublicEast Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 626 students
DPublicRed Bank Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 616 students
B+PublicEast Side Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 553 students
C+PublicBess T Shepherd Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 546 students
CPublicOrchard Knob Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 511 students
DPublicBattle Academy for Teaching and LearningElementary · Grades PK–5 · 494 students
A-PublicChattanooga Charter School of ExcellenceElementary · Grades K–5 · 468 students
DCharterBig Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 466 students
APublicHardy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 444 students
DPublicHixson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 419 students
C+PublicChattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences LowerElementary · Grades K–5 · 388 students
A+PublicCalvin Donaldson Environmental Science AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 380 students
DPublicMontessori Elementary at Highland ParkElementary · Grades PK–5 · 372 students
CharterRivermont Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
B+PublicBarger Academy of Fine ArtsElementary · Grades PK–5 · 349 students
CPublicWoodmore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 346 students
CPublicTommie F. Brown AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 299 students
C-PublicDuPont Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 268 students
B-PublicLookout Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 256 students
A-PublicThe Bright SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 357 students
PrivateBrainerd Baptist SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 354 students
PrivateSt. Jude SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 326 students
PrivateSt. Peters Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 234 students
PrivateMontessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 190 students
PrivateSt. Nicholas SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 160 students
PrivateHickory Valley Christian SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 88 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.