Hamilton County School District
Serves Chattanooga, East Ridge, Soddy-Daisy, Red Bank, Collegedale, Signal Mountain, Lookout Mountain, Lakesite, Walden and Ridgeside.
Chattanooga’s School Grade B better than 59% of Tennessee school districts
What stands out about Hamilton County School District
- Its letter, B: results better than 59% of Tennessee districts
- Spends 26% more per student than the TN average
- Enrollment up 5.2% since 2020–21
- Debt of $150.9M, about $3,282 per student
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
B: better than 59% of the 147 Tennessee school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Chattanooga. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. TN
2021–22 · class of 202395% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Up 5.2% since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
82 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Tennessee’s other public schools.
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Tennessee.