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Black student results in Hamilton County

Across 72 schools in Hamilton County, 25.3% of Black students meet met or exceeded expectations. That is 5.5 points below the Tennessee average for Black students.

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35.4%
All students
25.3%
Black
32.6%
Hispanic
49.4%
White
70.9%
Asian

Average across the 72 schools in Hamilton County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 72 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, McConnell Elementary School reports 66.7% of Black students meeting the standard. Calvin Donaldson Environmental Science Academy, in the same district, reports 5%. That is a 61.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Hamilton County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting met or exceeded expectations. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
McConnell Elementary School 66.1% 66.7% 41.7% 67.6%
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts Magnet 75.6% 61.7% 61.1% 81.9% 75.3%
Signal Mountain Middle/High School 74.8% 52.3% 76.6% 76.2% 78.7%
Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts Magnet 74.6% 49.9% 59.6% 81.3% 93.6%
Hunter Middle School 51.9% 47.7% 37.4% 53.9% 57.7%
Ooltewah Elementary School 59.4% 47.7% 48.3% 62.1% 79.6%
Wallace A. Smith Elementary School 63% 46.6% 64.7% 66.9%
Daisy Elementary School 51.1% 45.5% 52.1%
STEM School Chattanooga Magnet 66.8% 45.5% 45.5% 76.4%
Loftis Middle School 59.2% 45.3% 47.3% 60.4% 66.7%
Apison Elementary School 64% 44.4% 59.3% 66.2% 81.8%
Westview Elementary School 63.8% 43.8% 48.7% 68.5% 91.9%
Soddy Daisy High School 49.9% 43.5% 42.5% 50.4%
Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper Magnet 66% 42.9% 83.3% 77.4% 81.3%
East Hamilton High School 59.8% 40.9% 55.7% 68.8% 69.8%
Big Ridge Elementary School 55.3% 40.7% 46% 57.6% 66.7%
Sale Creek Middle / High School 53.6% 40% 51.1% 53.8%
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy MagnetCharter 37.7% 33.9% 38.5%
East Hamilton Middle School 53.4% 32.7% 47.9% 62.2% 77.6%
Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Lower Magnet 64.4% 31.8% 77.8% 83.3%
Normal Park Museum Magnet School Magnet 58.5% 31.7% 58% 70.5% 71.6%
Middle Valley Elementary School 44.3% 30.6% 36.4% 46.7%
Wolftever Creek Elementary School 38.7% 30.5% 33.7% 44%
Ooltewah Middle School 38.2% 28.3% 31.1% 49.6% 62.7%
East Brainerd Elementary School 36.8% 28% 27.3% 45.9% 73.8%
Lookout Valley Elementary School 38.6% 27.3% 27.3% 42.4%
Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning Magnet 55.5% 27.1% 56% 89.5%
Barger Academy of Fine Arts Magnet 31.4% 27% 39.5% 63.6%
Hixson Middle School 39.9% 26.9% 24.2% 48.7% 67.3%
Snow Hill Elementary School 43.1% 26.7% 60% 45.7%
Ivy Academy, Inc. Charter 38.5% 26.3% 38.5% 40.1%
Hixson High School 36.8% 24.1% 30.1% 43.7%
Soddy Daisy Middle School 46.2% 24% 45.2% 47.1%
Tyner Academy Magnet 25.8% 24% 27.1%
Ooltewah High School 35.2% 23.7% 30.1% 40.3% 33.3%
Alpine Crest Elementary School 38.9% 23.2% 28.9% 49.6%
East Lake Elementary School 28% 23.1% 29.1%
Red Bank Elementary School 32.8% 22.3% 14.1% 40.4%
Rivermont Elementary School 35% 20.5% 45.9% 43.9%
East Ridge Elementary School 23.1% 20.3% 20.6% 29.4%
Chattanooga Preparatory School Charter 25.2% 20.2% 28% 88.3%
Hixson Elementary School 32.4% 20% 25.6% 42.2%
Woodmore Elementary School 20.4% 19.9% 13.3%
Clifton Hills Elementary School 21.9% 19.6% 22.6%
Bess T Shepherd Elementary School 22.1% 18.4% 27.5% 26.8%
East Ridge Middle School 19.8% 17.5% 15.8% 32.3% 34.1%
Brown Middle School 23.3% 15.6% 27.8% 39.2%
Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence Middle Charter 15.7% 15.6% 14.8%
Red Bank Middle School 28.2% 15.6% 28.6% 39.8%
Spring Creek Elementary School 23.3% 15.4% 19.5% 38.1%
East Ridge High School 19.7% 14.9% 17.9% 31%
Lookout Valley Middle / High School 29.6% 13.7% 12.8% 34.9%
Tyner Middle Academy Magnet 15.1% 13.6% 13.8% 40.3%
Harrison Elementary School 17.4% 13% 24% 29%
Orchard Knob Elementary School 14.8% 12.9% 22.5%
Chatt Academy Community School Charter 19.3% 12% 19.6% 45.5%
Red Bank High School 24.6% 11.9% 21.8% 35.1%
East Side Elementary School 25.4% 11.8% 28.6%
Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence High Charter 10% 11.6% 10.6%
Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence Charter 13% 11% 16.4% 16.7%
East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts Magnet 14.9% 10.7% 15.2% 40%
Central High School Magnet 18.7% 10.4% 24.2% 29.1%
DuPont Elementary School 22.4% 10.1% 25% 29.3%
Brainerd High School 12% 9.8% 19.8% 30.8%
Tommie F. Brown Academy Magnet 12% 9.7% 20%
Montessori Elementary at Highland Park Charter 21.7% 9.4% 27.7% 61.1%
Orchard Knob Middle School 8.9% 8.8% 9.5% 8.8%
The Howard School 10.8% 8.2% 12.8%
Howard Connect Academy Magnet 12.6% 7.1% 15.4%
Dalewood Middle School 9.4% 6.8% 14.2% 25.3%
Hardy Elementary School 6.3% 5.2% 20.3%
Calvin Donaldson Environmental Science Academy Magnet 5.4% 5% 7% 10%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Tennessee suppresses results for groups under 10 students, and for rates below 5% or above 95%. Those schools appear at the boundary value and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Tennessee figures should not be compared against another state's.

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