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The Hamilton County Schools system was established in 1867. Its first superintendent was Ewing O. Tade, head of the local Freedmen’s Bureau and first principal of Howard Free School. In July 1868, Tade reported to the county that 82 schools had been established in the county, 28 of those for black children.
The
Chattanooga City Schools system was established in 1873. Its first superintendent was Professor Henry
D. Wyatt, for whom the central building of what is now Chattanooga School for
the Arts and Sciences was named.
In the 19th
century, high schools were three-year institutions, with students progressing
through Junior, Middle, and Senior levels.
Younger students were divided into primary schools, children 5-9 years
old, and grammar schools, 10-14 years old, often in the same building. By the turn
of the century, primary and grammar schools were combined into elementary
schools, though in some cases the old nomenclature remained.
The
State of Tennessee made no provision for public secondary schools until 1891,
and even then Hamilton County was slow to pick it up. In the early decades, high schools were
classed by how many levels they contained.
Those with three years (grades 10-12) were called first-class high
schools; those with four years (grades 9-12) were called second-class high
schools; those with six years (grades 7-12) were called third-class high
schools.The Welsh School
In the
1880s and possibly into the 1890s, there was a Welsh School in the north of the
county, School No. 3 of District 12, so-called because the majority of its
pupils were Welsh or of Welsh descent and classes were in Welsh. Not only was it the largest of the three
public schools in that district, but with 145 pupils in 1881, the largest in
the county, the next in size then being Wauhatchie School, School No. 1 in Civil
District 3, at 130 pupils.
This school
served the children of the huge population of Welsh immigrants attracted to the
region of northern Hamilton County because of the large number of coal mines
there. In addition to the school, well
into the 1930s, there were a Welsh Presbyterian Church and a Welsh Union Church
in Sale Creek and a Welsh Congregational Church in Soddy which later renamed
itself Congregational Church of Soddy.
Hamilton County and
Chattanooga City Schools, 1900 to present
This is the growth
of schools in Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga from the earliest
date for which the Chattanooga Public Library has record to the current year
(2019). Not every year is represented,
of course, but enough to get a general idea of their development and change
over the past one hundred fourteen years.
In cases
where the name of a school for black children shared a name with a school for
white children, the descriptor “Colored” was added to the name of the one for
Afro-American kids, even if it was older (as was the case with Chickamauga and
Eastdale), in school system documents. At least in the county system; the city system ensured its black and white schools in the same community had separate names, and when annexing new communities either changed the name of the black school or closed it down entirely.
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1900-1901
Howard School is the oldest continuing public school
in the city, as well as the county, founded 1865 as Howard Free School and
meeting initially in the former Bragg Hospital at Sixth and Chestnut
Streets. In 1871, it moved into its own new building at Branham (East
9th) Street and A (Lindsay) Street.
In 1873, First Ward (later First District) School began in a small schoolhouse on Georgia Avenue; Third Ward (later Second District) School opened in a rented space on Sixth Street just west of Market; and Fifth Ward (later Third District) School began in two rooms rented from a Methodist Episcopal church on Cowart Street.
Chattanooga
High School was organized in December 1874, known until 1904 as Central High School. It first met in the two rooms on top floor
of the three-floor Masonic Academy, also a former Civil War hospital, located at Gillespie
(West 11th) and Early (Cedar) Streets were before the Golden Gateway project
obliterated them.
In 1880, First District (formerly First Ward) School moved into a new, more
spacious building on the corner of McCallie and D (Douglas) Streets, with
Central High occupying rooms on its top floor. Because of that, late 19th century maps of
Chattanooga often depict the place as “Central High School”. Meanwhile, Second District (formerly Third Ward) School moved into the
Masonic Academy where the high school had been meeting.
By 1883, Howard High School was holding classes in the top floors of its new building at Gilmer (East 8th) and D (Douglas) Streets, next to Shiloh (First) Baptist Church, the first black church in the city, where it continued as the 20th century opened. A primary-grammar school named Gilmer Street School operated in the lower floors of the building.
Montgomery Avenue School opened its doors on Montgomery Avenue (Main Street) and College Street in 1888.
In 1891, Chattanooga Lodge No. 199, F&AM moved into their new Temple on Cherry and Seventh Streets (the former Mountain City Club), and Second District
School moved down to the lower floors of the Old Academy. With the First District facility now overcrowded, Central High also moved into some of the spaces in the much larger building.
Meanwhile, Third District (formerly Fifth Ward) School moved into its newly built facility at Long and John (W. 21st) Streets in 1891, and the Manual Training School opened its doors at Branham (East 9th) and A (Lindsay) Streets. Unfortunately, the school board was forced to close the latter at the end of the 1892-1893 school year due to lack of funds.
In 1896, the Old Academy burned to the ground. A new building for Second District School opened at the same spot in the fall of 1997 as Central High School moved into the D.C. McMillan House at 111 Gilmer (East 8th) Street
in 1897, in which it met when the new century began.
WhiteCentral High School; 111 Gilmer (East 8th)
First District School; McCallie and D (Douglas)
Park Place School; Park and Fairview
Second District School; Gillespie (W. 11th) and Early (Cedar)
Third District School; Williams and John (W. 21st)
Although often referred to at the time as “the city high school”, its official designation was indeed Central High School, though it was also called Chattanooga High School. This continued into 1906 when the county’s plans to build its own Central High School on Dodds Avenue began to come to fruition. Thereafter it became City High School.
Black
Oliver O. Howard High School; Gilmer (East 8th) and D (Douglas)
Montgomery Avenue (Main Street) School; Main and College
Gilmer (East 8th) Street School; became Gillespie Street School Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1902-1903
Schools
were originally numbered in each district.
This numbering system continued well into the 20th century, though by
the end of the second decade, all schools were known by names rather than
numbers.
In 1881,
there were fifty-five public schools in the county system; by fall 1893, there
number had increased to seventy-two.
Between
1883 (when the State of Tennessee first authorized them) and 1902, the county
added separate high school programs (as opposed to physically separate high
school buildings) to existing schools, but no separate high school buildings.
White
At the
opening of the century high school grades were taught at the follow schools:
Avondale, Gold Point, Hixson, Ridgedale, Red Bank, St. Elmo, Sale Creek,
Sherman Heights, Soddy, Tyner, and Walnut Grove, as well as at Highland
Park before its annexation into Chattanooga and rechristening of the
institution as Fourth District School the previous year.
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School; Dodson and Camden
Brown’s
Chapel School
Chickamauga
School; at the later Lovell Field
Coulterville
School
Daisy
School; previously absorbed Melville School
East End
School; E. 37th and Clio Ave.
* East Lake
School; E. 37th and 14th Ave.
East Side
School; in the later East Ridge
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School; Fairview Rd., a mile north of Hamill Rd.
Falling
Water School
Flat Top
School; Jones Gap Rd. & Perkins Point Rd.
Fox’s
School; vicinity of Sale Creek
Gann’s
School; Gann Rd., a mile west of Middle Valley Pk.
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Highland
Park School
Hill City
School, East Side
Hill City
School, West Side
+Hixson
School
Hot Water
School; intersection of Hotwater Rd. & Old Hotwater Rd.
Igou’s
Ferry School
Jersey
School
** Kings Point School
Mayflower
School; right angle curve of Mayflower Rd.
McCormick’s
Chapel School
Mission
Ridge School; next to Bragg Reservation
Moccasin
Bend School.
Mount Tabor
School; Lee Pike, a mile south of Mt. Tabor Rd.
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
Oak Hill
School; Bartlebaugh
Oakdale
School; on May Rd. a mile north of Oakdale Rd.
Oakwood
School; vicinity of Fairmount
Orange
Grove School; Main and Fagan, in the suburb of Orange Grove
Pine Hill
School
Pleasant
Hill School
Red Bank
School
Retro School;
in Bakewell
+Ridgedale
School
Annex to
Ridgedale School
St. Elmo
School; W. 37th and Broad
Annex to
St. Elmo School
** St. Elmo
School, 20th District; W. 47th St. and St. Elmo Ave.
+Sale Creek
School
Sawyers
School
School No.
2, District 4 (commonly called Stringers School)
School No.
3, District 1
School No.
7, District 1; Middle Valley Pk. & Daisy-Harrison Rd.
Shady Grove
School; Hixson Pike near Soddy Creek
Shallow
Ford School; formerly Hornville Sch., Oak Grove Sch. before that
*** Sherman
Heights School; Cushman and Harrison/Dodson Ave.
Silverdale
School
+Soddy
School
Spring
Creek School
**** Suck
School
Sunnyside
School; Gillespie (North Germantown) Road
+Tyner
School
Union Fork
School; vicinity of Soddy
+Walnut
Grove School (South Gunbarrel Road)
Wauhatchie
School
* Absorbed
East End School by the mid-1890s.
** Discontinued by the state at the end of the year.
** Mountain
Junction School until 1900.
*** Absorbed
Boyce’s East Chattanooga School in the 1890s
**** Suck
School discontinued, students ferried to Shoals School across the Tennessee
River in Cash Canyon
Black
High school
grades were taught at the following schools, at least: Churchville, Magby Pond,
and St. Elmo (Colored).
Chickamauga
School (Colored); at the current site of Whispering Pines Mobile Homes
Churchville
School
Coulterville
School (Colored)
Fort Cheatham
School; Grant (12th Ave.) and E. 24th
Hill City
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored); Jasper community
Magby Pond
School
Mission
Ridge School (Colored); 237 Shallowford Road
Orchard
Knob School; E. 4th and Orchard Knob
Retro
School (Colored); Bakewell
School No.
6, District 12; vicinity of Soddy
Sherman
Heights School (Colored); 2410 Dodson Avenue
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored); W. 38th and Church Sts.
Turkey Foot
School
Tyner
School (Colored); Hawkinsville
Wauhatchie
School (Colored)
*Absorbed
Bushtown School by the end of the 1890s.
In the
1890s, there was an East Lake School (Colored), which closed by the turn of the
century or at least before this school year, probably consolidated with Fort
Cheatham School.
In the
early years, schools were grouped into districts coextensive with the Civil
Districts of the county, with schools commissioners elected accordingly to
supervise each district. School districts and civil districts
diverged in the 1890s, and by 1897, there were twenty-five school districts; by
1903, there were twenty-seven, minus District 25, which had been abolished.
Originally,
schools were listed simply by their numerical designations in each district,
and only gradually the local names began to take precedence. At the start of the 20th century, schools
were usually listed by both number and name, if they had one.
Dist. 1:
Ganns (No. 1); Gold Point (No. 2); No. 3 (Gold Point); Daisy (No. 4);
No. 7 (Melville)
Dist. 2:
Fairview (No. 1); Hixson (No. 2); Falling Water (No. 3); Hixson-Colored
(No. 4); Brown’s Chapel
Dist. 3:
Mountain Creek (No. 2); Pine Hill (No. 3); Hill City East Side (No. 4);
Hill City, West Side (also No. 4); Hill City-Colored (No. 5); Suck School
Dist. 4:
Wauhatchie (No. 1); Stringers (No. 2); Wauhatchie-Colored; Shoals School
Dist. 5:
Sunnyside (No. 1); Ridgedale (No. 2); Orange Grove (No. 2); Mission
Ridge-Colored (No. 3); Fort Cheatham (No. 4); Spring Creek (No. 5); Shallow
Ford (No. 6); Mission Ridge (No. 8); Annex to Ridgedale
Dist. 6:
Sherman Heights (No. 1); Avondale (No. 2); Kings Point School (No. 3);
Sherman Heights-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 7:
Oak Hill (No. 2); Turkey Foot (No. 3); Harrison-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 8:
Mowbray (No. 1); East Side (No. 2)
Dist. 9:
East Lake (No. 1)
Dist. 10:
Orchard Knob (No. 1); *; Churchville (No. 3)
(*Bushtown,
No. 2, consolidated with Churchville before 1900)
Dist. 11:
Fox’s (No.1); No. 2; Mayflower (No. 3); Oakdale (No. 4)
Dist. 12:
Soddy (No. 1); Union Fork (No. 2); Welsh (No. 3); Hot Water (No. 4);
Shady Grove (No. 5); Soddy School-Colored (No. 6); Claysville (No. 7)
Dist. 13: Retro (No. 1); Flat Top (No. 2);
Mt. Tabor (No. 3); Retro-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 14:
City of Chattanooga
Dist. 15: Chickamauga-Colored (No. 1);
Chickamauga (No. 2); Walnut Grove (No. 3)
Dist. 16: Fairmount (No. 1); Sawyers (No.
2); Oakwood (No. 3)
Dist. 17: St. Elmo, 17th District (No. 1);
Alton Park; St. Elmo-Colored
Dist. 18: Tyner (No. 2); Kings Point (No.
3); Jersey (No. 4); Magby Pond (No. 5); Tyner-Colored (No. 6)
(*Kings
Point School’s assignment here was an anomaly, as the bulk of the community it
served lay in the Sixth Civil District.)
Dist. 19:
Town of Lookout Mountain
Dist. 20: St. Elmo, 20th District
Dist. 21: Coulterville; Coulterville-Colored
Dist. 22: Igou’s Ferry
Dist. 23: Red Bank
Dist. 24: Sale Creek
Dist. 26: Silverdale
Dist. 27: Harrison
At the end
of the 1902-1903 schools year, the Hamilton County court voted to resynchronize
school districts with the county’s civil districts, then numbering twenty. Hence, the 21st school district was merged
into the 11th school district; the 22nd was merged into the 12th with part of
its student reassigned to the 1st; the 23rd was merged into the 3rd, with part
of its students reassigned to the 2nd; the 24th was merged into the 11th; the 25th
did not exist; the 26th was merged into 18th, with some of its students
transferred to the 7th; and the 27th was merged into the 7th. Two years later, however, there were
twenty-one school districts.
All
schools but one were kept; students of the small Suck School on Moccasin Bend
were ferried across the Tennessee River to the Shoals School in Cash Canyon
community, then in the Fourth Civil District.
The latter was named for the Tumbling Shoals just below William Island
later erased by the building of Hales Bar Dam.
This resulted in that part of the left bank of the river being detached
and reassigned to the Third Civil District.Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1904-1905
White
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School
*Brown’s
Chapel School
Chickamauga
School
Coulterville
School
Daisy School
East End
School
**East Lake
School
East Side
School
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School
*Falling
Water School
Flat Top
School
Fox’s
School
Gann’s
School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Highland
Park School
Hill City
School, East Side
Hill City
School, West Side
+Hixson
School
Hot Water
School
Igou’s
Ferry School
Jersey
School
Mayflower
School
McCormick’s
Chapel School
Mission
Ridge School
Moccasin
Bend School
Mount Tabor
School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
Oak Hill
School
Oakdale
School
Oakwood
School
Orange
Grove School
Pine Hill
School
Pleasant
Hill School
Red Bank
School
Retro
School; in Bakewell
+Ridgedale
School
Annex to
Ridgedale School
St. Elmo
School
Annex to
St. Elmo School
St. Elmo
School, 20th District
+Sale Creek
School
Sawyers
School
School No.
3, District 1
School No.
7, District 1
Shady Grove
School
Shallow
Ford School
Sherman
Heights School
Silverdale
School
+Soddy
School
Spring
Creek School
Stringers School
Sunnyside
School
+Tyner
School
Union Fork
School; vicinity of Soddy
+Walnut
Grove School
Wauhatchie
School
*Brown’s
Chapel and Falling Water were consolidated as Central Grove
Black
Chickamauga
School (Colored)
Churchville
School
Coulterville
School (Colored)
Fort
Cheatham School
Hill City
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored)
Magby Pond
School
Mission
Ridge School (Colored)
Orchard
Knob School
Retro
School (Colored)
School No.
6, District 12
Sherman
Heights School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored)
Turkey Foot
School
Tyner
School (Colored)
Wauhatchie
School (Colored)
*Absorbed
Bushtown School by the end of the 1890s.
Dist. 1:
Ganns (No. 1); Gold Point (No. 2); No. 3 (Gold Point); Daisy (No. 4);
No. 7 (Melville)
Dist. 2:
Fairview (No. 1); Hixson (No. 2); Falling Water (No. 3); Hixson-Colored
(No. 4); Brown’s Chapel
Dist. 3:
Red Bank (No. 1); Mountain Creek (No. 2); Pine Hill (No. 3); Hill City
East Side (No. 4); Hill City, West Side (also No. 4); Hill City-Colored (No. 5)
Dist. 4:
Wauhatchie (No. 1); Stringers (No. 2); Wauhatchie-Colored)
Dist. 5:
Sunnyside (No. 1); Ridgedale (No. 2); Orange Grove (No. 2); Mission
Ridge-Colored (No. 3); Fort Cheatham (No. 4); Spring Creek (No. 5); Shallow
Ford (No. 6); Mission Ridge (No. 8); Annex to Ridgedale
Dist. 6:
Sherman Heights (No. 1); Avondale (No. 2); Sherman Heights-Colored (No.
4)
Dist. 7:
Harrison (No. 1); Oak Hill (No. 2); Turkey Foot (No. 3);
Harrison-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 8:
Mowbray (No. 1); East Side (No. 2)
Dist. 9:
East Lake (No. 1)
Dist. 10:
Orchard Knob (No. 1); Churchville (No. 3)
Dist. 11:
Fox’s (No.1); No. 2; Mayflower (No. 3); Oakdale (No. 4); Sale Creek (No.
5); Coulterville (No. 6); Coulterville-Colored (No. 7)
Dist. 12: Soddy (No. 1); Union Fork (No. 2); Hot Water
(No. 4); Shady Grove (No. 5); Soddy School-Colored) (No. 6); Igou’s Ferry (No.
7); Claysville (No. 7)
Dist. 13: Retro (No. 1); Flat Top (No. 2);
Mt. Tabor (No. 3); Retro-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 14:
City of Chattanooga
Dist. 15: Chickamauga-Colored (No. 1);
Chickamauga (No. 2); Walnut Grove (No. 3)
Dist. 16: Fairmount (No. 1); Sawyers (No.
2); Oakwood (No. 3)
Dist. 17: St. Elmo, 17th District (No. 1);
Alton Park
Dist. 18: Silverdale (No. 1); Tyner (No. 2);
*; Jersey (No. 4); Magby Pond (No. 5); Tyner-Colored (No. 6)
Dist. 19:
Town of Lookout Mountain
Dist. 20: St. Elmo, 20th District (No. 1)
Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1905-1906
White
Alton Park School
Avondale
School
*Central
Grove School; District 2
Chickamauga
School
Coulterville
School
Daisy
School
East End School
East Lake
School
East Side
School
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School
Flat Top
School
Fox’s
School
Gann’s School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Hill City
School, East Side
Hill City
School, West Side
+Hixson
School
Hot Water
School
Igou’s
Ferry School
Jersey
School
Mayflower
School
Mission
Ridge School
Moccasin Bend School
Mount Tabor
School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
Oak Hill
School
Oakdale
School
Oakwood
School
Orange
Grove School
Pine Hill
School
Pleasant Hill School
Red Bank
School
Retro
School
+Ridgedale
School
Annex to
Ridgedale School
St. Elmo
School
Annex to
St. Elmo School
*St. Elmo
School, 20th District
+Sale Creek
School
Sawyers
School
School No.
3, District 12
School No.
7, District 1
Shady Grove
School
Shallow
Ford School
Sherman
Heights School
Silverdale
School
+Soddy
School
Spring
Creek School
Stringers School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner
School
Union Fork
School
+Walnut
Grove School
Wauhatchie
School
*Central Grove was the consolidation of Falling Water
and Brown’s Chapel
Black
Chickamauga
School (Colored)
*Churchville
School; merged into Orchard Knob
Coulterville
School (Colored)
Fort
Cheatham School
Hill City
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored)
Magby Pond
School
Mission
Ridge School (Colored)
School No. 6, District 12
Orchard
Knob School
Retro
School (Colored)
Sherman
Heights School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored)
Turkey Foot
School
Tyner
School (Colored)
Wauhatchie
School (Colored); merged into St. Elmo (Colored)
Dist. 1: Ganns (No.1); Gold Point (No. 2); No. 3 (Gold Point
also); Daisy (No. 4); No. 7 (Melville)
Dist. 2: Fairview (No. 1); Hixson (2); Central Grove (Nos.
3&5); Hixson-Colored (No. 4)
Dist. 3: Pine Hill (No. 3); Hill City East Side (No. 4); Hill
City, West Side (also No. 4); Hill City-Colored (No. 5)
Dist. 4: Wauhatchie (No. 1); Shoals School (No. 2); Wauhatchie-Colored (No. 3)
Dist.
5: Sunnyside (No. 1); Ridgedale (No. 2); Orange Grove
(No. 2); Mission Ridge-Colored (No. 3); Fort Cheatham (No. 4); Spring Creek
(No. 5); Shallow Ford (No. 6); Mission Ridge (No. 8); Annex to Ridgedale
Dist.
6: Sherman Heights (No. 1); Avondale (No. 2); Sherman
Heights-Colored (No. 4)
Dist.
7: Harrison (No. 1); Oak Hill (No. 2); Turkey Foot (No.
3); Harrison-Colored (No. 4)
Dist.
8: Mowbray (No. 1)
Dist.
9: East Lake (No. 1)
Dist.
10: Orchard Knob (No. 1); Churchville (No. 3)
Dist.
11: Fox’s (No. 1); No. 2; Mayflower (No. 3); Oakdale (No.
4); Sale Creek (No. 5); Coulterville (No. 6); Coulterville-Colored (No. 7)
Dist.
12: Soddy (No. 1); Union Fork (No. 2); Shady Grove (No.
3); Hot Water (No. 4); Soddy-Colored (No. 5); No. 6; Igou’s Ferry (No. 7)
Dist. 13: Retro (No. 1); Flat Top (No. 2); Mt. Tabor (No. 3); Retro-Colored
(No. 4)
Dist. 15: Chickamauga-Colored (No. 1); Chickamauga (No. 2);
Walnut Grove (No. 3)
Dist.
16: Fairmount (No. 1); Sawyers (No. 2); Oakwood (No. 3)
Dist.
17: St. Elmo, 17th District (No. 1); Alton Park; St.
Elmo-Colored; Annex to St. Elmo
Dist.
18: Silverdale (No. 1); Tyner (No. 2); Jersey (No. 4);
Magby Pond (No. 5); Tyner-Colored (No. 6)
Dist.
19: Town of
Lookout Mountain
Dist. 20: St. Elmo, 20th District (No. 1)
Dist.
21: Mountain Creek; Red Bank
Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1907-1908
Hamilton County got its first separate high schools in
this term. In the early years, a high
school usually included grades 7-12.
White
Central
High School; absorbed programs at Ridgedale and Sherman Heights
*Hixson
High School; absorbed program at Gold Point
Soddy High
School; absorbed program at Red Bank
Tyner High
School; absorbed program at Walnut Grove
*Classes
did not begin until the 1908-1909 school year
Alton Park School
Avondale
School
Central
Grove School, District 2
Central Grove School, District 11
Chickamauga
School
Coulterville
School; merged into Sale Creek
Daisy
School
East
Chattanooga School; was Sherman Heights
East Lake
School
East Side
School; consolidated with Spring Creek as John Ross
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School
Flat Top
School
Gann School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Hill City
School, South Side
Hill City
School, North Side
Hixson
School
Igou’s
Ferry School
*King’s
Point School
Jersey
School
Mayflower
School
Mission
Ridge School
Mount Tabor
School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
Montlake
School
Oak Hill
School
Oakdale
School
Oakwood
School
Orange
Grove School
Pine Hill
School
Red Bank
School
Retro
School
Ridgedale
School
St. Elmo
School (became North St. Elmo)
St. Elmo
School, 20th District (became South St. Elmo)
Sale Creek
School
Sawyers
School
School No. 3, District 12
Shady Grove
School
Shallow
Ford School (became Eastdale)
Shoals
School; Cash Canyon Road
Silverdale
School
Soddy School;
1-12
Spring
Creek School; consolidated with East Side as John Ross
Stringers School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner
School; 1-12
Union Fork
School
Walden
School
Walnut
Grove School
Wauhatchie
School
*Reopened the previous year.
Black
*Orchard Knob High School; absorbed programs at Churchville and Magby Pond
Chickamauga School (Colored)
Coulterville
School (Colored); merged into Soddy (Colored)
Daisy
School (Colored)
Fort
Cheatham School
Harrison School (Colored)
Hill City
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored)
Magby Pond
School
Mission
Ridge School (Colored); became Eastdale (Colored)
No. 6
School
Orchard
Knob School
Retro
School (Colored)
Sherman
Heights School (Colored); became East Chattanooga (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored)
Turkey Foot
School
Tyner
School (Colored)
*Orchard Knob High School moved into Bushtown at
the northwest corner of North Holly Street and Citico Avenue and
became Abraham Lincoln High School in the 1914-1915 school year.
After annexation of the city’s new Twelfth Ward was finalized in 1925, it
became Lincoln Junior High and its high school students sent to Howard High.
The
districts for this school year:
Dist. 1: Daisy; Daisy (Colored); Ganns; Gold Point;
No. 3
Dist. 2: Central Grove**; Fairview; Hixson; Hixson
(Colored)
Dist. 3: Hill City (Colored); Hill City, South Side;
Hill City, North Side;
Pine Hill; Shoals*
Dist. 4: No. 2; Wauhatchie
Dist.
5: Fort Cheatham; Mission Ridge; Mission
Ridge (Colored); Orange Grove; Ridgedale; Shallow Ford; Spring Creek; Sunnyside
Dist.
6: Avondale; East Chattanooga; King’s
Point; Sherman Heights (Colored)
Dist.
7: Harrison; Harrison (Colored); Oak
Hill; Turkey Foot
Dist.
8: Montlake; Mowbray
Dist.
9: East Lake; East Side
Dist.
10: Orchard Knob
Dist.
11: Central Grove**; Coulterville; Coulterville
(Colored); Mayflower; Oakdale; Sale Creek
Dist.
12: Igou’s Ferry; No. 6; Shady Grove; Soddy;
Union Fork
Dist. 13: Flat Top; Mt. Tabor; Retro; Retro (Colored); Waldron
Dist. 15: Chickamauga (Colored); Chickamauga; Walnut Grove
Dist.
16: Fairmount; Oakwood; Sawyers
Dist.
17: Alton Park; St. Elmo
Dist.
18: Jersey; Magby Pond; Silverdale;
Tyner; Tyner (Colored)
Dist. 20: St. Elmo, 20th District
Dist.
21: Mountain Creek; Red Bank
*While it may seem odd that Shoals School on the left
bank of the Tennessee River was in the same district as the other schools which
were all on the right bank, rural roads in the early 20th century were often in
such poor condition that Shoals School was more accessible to Pine Hill and the
three Hill City schools via the Williams Ferry, even with the still present and
active Tumbling Shoals (Hales Bar Dam wasn’t closed till 1913).
**According to the directory for Hamilton County Schools for this year, there were indeed two separate schools named Central Grove.
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1911-1912
White
Central
High School
Hixson High
School
Soddy High
School
Tyner High
School
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School; annexed to CCS 1925
Central
Grove School
Chickamauga
School
Daisy
School
East
Chattanooga School; 2800 Dodson Ave., annexed to CCS 1925
East Lake
School; annexed to CCS 1925
Fairview
School
Fairmount
School
Ganns
School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Hixson
School
Igou School
Kings Point
School
Jersey
School
Miller
Grove School
Mission
Ridge School
Montlake School
Mountain
Creek School
Normal Park
School
North St. Elmo School
South Side,
North Chattanooga School
Oak Hill
School
Oakwood
School; merged into Fairmount
Orange
Grove School; annexed into CCS 1914
Pine Hill
School; became Pineville
Red Bank
School
Retro
School; became Bakewell
Ridgedale School; annexed into CCS 1914
John Ross
School; East Side and Spring Creek consolidated
Rossville School; became Cedar Hill after annexation
Sawyers School
Shady Grove
School
Shoals
School; became Riverside
Silverdale
School
Soddy
School
South St. Elmo School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner
School
Union Fork
School; merged into Soddy
Walnut
Grove School; moved to Bird’s Mill Road 1912
Wauhatchie
School; merged into Patten Chapel’s
*Oak Grove
School, not on this list, was built in 1913 and annexed into CCS 1914.
Black
Orchard Knob High School
Chickamauga
School (Colored)
Daisy
School (Colored)
East
Chattanooga School (Colored); 2416 Dodson, closed by CCS 1925
East Dale
School (Colored); was Mission Ridge (Colored)
East End
School
Fort
Cheatham School; annexed to CCS 1923
Harrison School (Colored)
Hixson Colored
School
Magby Pond
School; consolidated into Washington School 1924
North
Chattanooga School (Colored)
Orchard
Knob School; annexed to CCS 1923
Retro School
(Colored); became Bakewell (Colored)
St. Elmo School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
Turkey Foot
School; consolidated into Washington School 1924
Tyner School
(Colored); consolidated into Washington School 1924
Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1914-1915
White
Central
High School
Hixson High
School
Soddy High
School
Tyner High
School
Alton Park School
Avondale School
Brown’s
Chapel School
Central
Grove School
Chickamauga School
Coulterville School
Crabtree School
Daisy School
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake School
East Side School
Fairmount School
Fairview School
Flat Top School
Gann School
Gold Point School
Harrison School
Hixson School
Igou School
Jersey School
King’s
Point School
McCormick’s
Chapel School
Mayflower School
Miller’s
Grove School
Mission
Ridge School
Montlake School
Mt. Tabor School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray School
Normal Park School
North
Chattanooga School
North St.
Elmo School
Oak Hills School
Oakdale School
Perry School
Pine Hill School
Red Bank School
Retro School
Roberts
Mill School
Rossville School
Sale Creek School
Sawyers School
Shady Grove School
Shoals School
Silverdale School
Soddy School
South St.
Elmo School
Tyner School
Union Fork School
Valdeau School
Walnut
Grove School
Black
Orchard Knob High School moved into Bushtown at the northwest corner of North Holly Street and Citico Avenue and became Abraham Lincoln High School in the 1914-1915 school year. The new
institution also included a grammar school of the same name.
Abraham
Lincoln High School
Chickamauga
(Colored) School
Coulterville
(Colored) School
Daisy
(Colored) School
*East
Chattanooga (Colored) School
East End School
Eastdale School
Fort
Cheatham School
Harrison
(Colored) School
Hixson
(Colored) School
Abraham Lincoln Grammar School
Magby Pond School
North Chattanooga
(Colored) School
Orchard
Knob School
Pankey School
Retro
(Colored) School
St. Elmo
(Colored) School
Soddy
(Colored) School
Turkey Foot School
Tyner
(Colored) School
*In 1921, East Chattanooga School (Colored) moved into a new, larger, more centrally located building at 906 Dodson Ave.
The
districts for this school year (the county was redistricted in 1905):
District
1: Chattanooga City (see below);
included Central High
District
2: Brown’s Chapel, Central Grove,
Fairmount, Fairview, Gann, Gold Point, Hixson, Hixson (Colored), Hixson High, Mountain
Creek, Normal Park, North Chattanooga, North Chattanooga (Colored), Pine Hill,
Red Bank, Sawyers, Shoal, Roberts Mill, Valdeau
District
3: Coulterville, Coulterville (Colored),
Crabtree, Daisy, Daisy (Colored), Flat Top, Igou, McCormick’s Chapel,
Mayflower, Miller’s Grove, Montlake, Mt. Tabor, Mowbray, Oakdale, Pankey
(Colored), Retro, Retro (Colored), Sale Creek, Shady Grove, Soddy, Soddy
(Colored), Soddy High, Union Fork
District
4: Alton Park, North St. Elmo, St. Elmo
(Colored), South St. Elmo
District
5: Chickamauga, Chickamauga (Colored), East
End (Colored), Mission Ridge, East Lake (Colored), East Side (Colored), Eastdale
(Colored), Fort Cheatham (Colored), Rossville, Walnut Grove
District
6: Avondale, East Chattanooga, East
Chattanooga (Colored), Jersey, King’s Point, Harrison, Harrison (Colored), Lincoln
High (Colored), Magby Pond, Oak Hills, Orchard Knob (Colored), Perry,
Silverdale, Tyner, Tyner (Colored), Tyner High
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1914-1915
In 1904, Howard High School moved into a new building on Gillespie (East
11th) Street between Foster and Clift (Douglas) Streets (the section of Douglas
south of Gillespie was named Clift Street).
Its building mate, Gilmer Street School, became Gillespie Street School then Eleventh Street School.
Chattanooga High School’s new home of 1905 at 413 Gilmer (East 8th)
Street between Houston and Mabel Streets a few blocks further down from its
previous location on Gilmer Street was named the Dickinson Building.
White
Chattanooga
High School; 413 Gilmer (East 8th), between Houston and Mabel
First
District School; McCallie and Douglas, became Clara Carpenter
Second
District School
Third District
School
Fourth
District School; formerly Highland Park School
Park Place
School
Chestnut
Street School; Chestnut and W. 4th
Jefferson
Street School; Jefferson and E. 18th
Hemlock
School; Highland Park and E. 12th
Ridgedale
School
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Black
Howard
High School; Gillespie between Foster and Clift (Douglas)
Gillespie
Street School; became Eleventh Street
School
Montgomery
Avenue School; Main and College, became Main Street School
Carolina Street
School; became East Fifth Street School
Chattanooga
Avenue School; 28th and Williams
Former James County Schools (JCS),
1920
In 1871,
the eastern part of Hamilton County and some western parts of Bradley County
were divided off to form James County.
In the east, county line ran southwesterly from Harrison, passing east
of the George House house in Silverdale and meeting the Georgia stateline at or
near Blackwell’s Ford (behind the far end of the driving range at Council
Fire).
In 1919,
beset by many problems that included two county courthouses burning down, James
County folded and returned to Hamilton, taking the parts contributed by Bradley.
In the
consolidation of the two counties, Hamilton County reorganized into four,
rather than five, civil districts, the former James County making up the bigger
county’s District 4.
White
Ooltewah
High School; formerly James County High
Apison
School
Birchwood
(formerly Rutherford Graded School)
Cross Roads
School (Mahan Gap & Ooltewah-Georgetown Rds.)
Fairview School,
District 4 (later merged into Ooltewah)
Friendship
School
Howardville
School (orig. Union Shed School; merged into Apison 1925)
Maddux
School
New Union
Ooltewah
School
Prospect
School (later merged into Apison)
Salem
School
Savannah
Grove School
Snow Hill
School
Sylar
School
Tallant
School
West Point
School (became West View in 1924)
White Oak
School (merged into West View in 1924)
Black
Georgetown School
(Colored)
Harrison School (Colored)
Ooltewah School (Colored)
Summit School
James Co. Schools
closed before county consolidation
Apison School
(Colored); closed due to lack of pupils
Baker’s
School; merged into Birchwood
Blue
Springs School; consolidated into Friendship
Deer Lick
School; consolidated into Friendship
Honestville
School; merged into Ooltewah
Morris Hill School; became West Point*
Priddy
School; consolidated into Friendship
Providence
School; merged into Snow Hill
Rains
School; consolidated into Friendship
*After moving from Morris Hill location to a point
halfway between Ryall Springs and Westview communities.
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1921-1922
This fall, Chattanooga High School moved into its brand new facility named for the first superintendent of city schools, Professor Henry D. Wyatt.
White
Wyatt High School*; Harrison Avenue (East 3rd St.)
East Side
Junior High School; Main and Kelly
Central
Junior High School; E. 8th and Houston in the formerly City High building; became
Dickinson Jr. High
First
District School; became Clara Carpenter
Second
District School
Third
District School
Highland
Park Grammar School; Hawthorne and Union
Chestnut
Street School; Chestnut and W. 4th
Hemlock
School; Highland Park and E. 12th
Jefferson
Street School; Jefferson and E. 18th
Open Air
School; 818 Dodds Avenue
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Park Place
School; E. 9th and Fairview
Ridgedale
School; Dodds and Anderson
Black
Howard High School; now at Carter and W. 10th
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street School
Main Street
School
Eleventh
Street School; in old Howard High
*The school officially became Chattanooga High School
(City) in fall 1922 and remained thus through the end of the 1962-1963 school
year. Prior to that, from the time
planning began in 1916 until its first year, the school was known as Wyatt High
School and was sometimes still called that into the late 1920s. The central building of CSAS is still named
Wyatt Hall. The school’s
wings were added by the WPA in 1937, the west wing named for math teacher
Anneta Trimble and the east wing for English teacher Lucy Holtzclaw McDonald.
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1923-1924
White
Birchwood
High School
Central
High School
Daisy High
School
Hixson High
School
Ooltewah
High School
Soddy High
School
Sale Creek
High School
Tyner High
School
Apison
School
Bakewell
School
Birchwood
School
Brown’s Chapel
School
Central
Grove School
Chickamauga
School
Coulterville
School; merged into Sale Creek
Cross Roads
School; later merged into Snow Hill
Daisy
School
East Ridge
School; formerly John Ross
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School, District 3
Fairview
School, District 4; merged into Hixson
Flat Top
School
Friendship
School
Gann School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Howardville
School
Jersey
School
King’s
Point School
Maddux
School
McCormick’s
Chapel School; merged into Daisy
Miller’s
Grove School
Mountain
Creek School
Montlake
School
Mowbray
School
New
Providence School; Daughtery Ferry Rd. at the end of Shipley Rd.
New Union
School; later consolidated into Meadowview
North St.
Elmo School
Oak Hill
School
Ooltewah
School
Patten’s
Chapel School
Perry
School; became Amnicola
Pine Hill
School
Red Bank
School
Riverside
School; formerly Shoals
Robert’s Mill
School; Roberts Mill Rd. & Falling Water Rd.
Sale Creek
School
Salem
School
Savannah
School; later consolidated into Meadowview
Sawyer
School
Shady Grove
School
Signal
Mountain School
Silverdale
School
Snow Hill
School
Soddy
School
South St. Elmo
School
Sunnyside
School
Sylar
School; later merged into Ooltewah
Tallants
School; later merged into Ooltewah
Tyner
School
Union Fork
School
Walnut
Grove School; now on Bird’s Mill Rd.
White Oak
School
Students of
former Eastdale School attended Sunnyside.
Black
Lincoln High School
Bakewell
School (Colored)
Chickamauga
School (Colored)
Coulterville
School (Colored); merged into Soddy (Colored)
East
Chattanooga School (Colored); closed by CCS 1925
Georgetown
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored)
Lincoln Grammar School
Magby Pond
School; consolidated into Washington School 1924
Ooltewah
School (Colored)
Pankey
School
St. Elmo School
(Colored)
Soddy School (Colored)
Summit
School
Turkey Foot
School; consolidated into Washington School 1924
Tyner
School (Colored); consolidated into Washington School 1924
Wauhatchie
School
Although
annexation of the city’s new Twelfth Ward was not finalized until 1925, Lincoln
High School, Lincoln Grammar School, and East Chattanooga School (Colored) were
operated as part of the city system.
However, as soon as the annexation of the Twelfth Ward was complete, Lincoln
High was reduced to Lincoln Junior High, with its high school students sent to
Howard High. The city shuttered Lincoln Grammar School, cramming its students into Orchard Knob School.
Hamilton County Schools (HCS), 1927-1928
White
Birchwood High School
Central High School
Daisy High School
Hixson High School
Ooltewah High School
Soddy High School
Sale Creek High School
Tyner High School
Conner
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
Alton Park
School; Highland and W. 47th
Amnicola
School; 5th Ave. (Wisdom St.) & 10th St. (Boardman/Belle
Arbor Ave.)
Apison
School
Bakewell
School
Birchwood
School
Brown’s
Chapel School
Central
Grove School; merged into Red Bank
Chickamauga
School
Daisy
School
East
Brainerd School; formerly Walnut Grove
East Ridge
School
Eastdale School; was Shallow Ford
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School
Flat Top
School
Friendship
School
Ganns
School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Hixson
School
Jersey
School
Kings Point
School
Lupton City
School
Miller’s
Grove School
Mission
Ridge School
Montlake
School; merged into Mowbray
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
Mount Tabor
School
New
Providence School; Daughtery Ferry Rd. at the end of Shipley Rd.
Normal Park
School
North
Chattanooga School
North St.
Elmo School; W. 37th and Tennessee
Oak Hill
School
Ooltewah
School
Patten’s
Chapel School
Pineville
School; formerly Pine Hill
Red Bank
School
Riverside
School; formerly Shoals
Robert’s
Mill School
Sale Creek
School
Salem
School; vicinity of Birchwood
Sawyer
School
Shady Grove
School
Silverdale
School
Snow Hill
School
Soddy
School
South St.
Elmo School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner
Grammar School
Westview
School
White Oak
School
Black
Bakewell
School (Colored); formerly Retro (Colored)
Chickamauga
School (Colored)
**East Chattanooga School (Colored)
East Dale
School (Colored); Line and South Sts., Eastdale
Georgetown
School (Colored)
Harrison
School (Colored)
Hixson
School (Colored)
North
Chattanooga School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored)
Summit
School
Booker T.
Washington School; consolidation of Turkey Foot, Magby Pond, and Tyner (Colored)
*Central Grove School and Robert’s Mill School were
merged into Red Bank School after this year.
Brown’s Chapel School was planned to follow likewise, but plans changed.
**While the Chattanooga City Schools system took in
East Chattanooga School for white children when it annexed the Twelfth Ward in
1925, it stated its intention to shutter its counterpart for black children. The Hamilton County Schools maintained it
through the end of this school year, then closed it, with the students having
the option of transferring to either the overcrowded Orchard Knob School in CCS
or the distant Chickamauga School (Colored) in HCS.
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1928-1929
White
Chattanooga High School (City)
Chattanooga
Vocational School
Dickinson
Junior High School; formerly Central Jr. High
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Richard
Hardy Junior High School; Dodson, near Glass
Avondale
School
Cedar Hill School; E. 48th and 14th Ave., annexed 1925
Clara
Carpenter School; E. 5th and Douglas, formerly First District
Clifton
Hills School; Rossville and E. 31st, annexed 1925
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake
School
H. Clay Evans
School; W. 6th and Poplar
Hemlock
School
Highland
Park School
Jefferson
Street School
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Park Place
School
Ridgedale
School
Third
District School
Black
Howard High
School
Lincoln
Junior High School (formerly Lincoln High)*
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street School
Fort
Cheatham School
Main Street
School
Orchard
Knob School
Second
District School; Cedar and W. 11th
Joseph E. Smith
School; E. 10th and Peeples
*To deflect the county’s resistance to the city’s
annexation of Bushtown, where Lincoln High was located, the Chattanooga City
Schools promised to keep its status for both city and county students. After annexation, they immediately reneged on
the promise and downgraded it to a junior high school.
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1928-1929
White
Birchwood
High School
Central
High School
Daisy High
School
Hixson High
School
Ooltewah
High School
Sale Creek
High School
Soddy High
School
Tyner High
School
Central Grammar and Junior High School
Lookout Junior High School
Alton Park
School
Amnicola
School
Apison
School
Bakewell
School
Birchwood
School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School*
G. Russell
Brown School; formerly North Chattanooga
Brown’s
Chapel School
Chickamauga
School
Daisy
School
East
Brainerd School; formerly Walnut Grove
East Dale
School
East Ridge
School
Falling
Water School
Fairmount
School
Fairview
School
Flat Top
School
Friendship
School
Gann’s
School
Gold Point
School
Harrison
School
Hixson
School
Jersey
School
Kings Point
School
Anna B.
Lacey School
Lookout
Mountain School
Lupton City
School
Maddux
School; merged into Friendship
Meadowview
School
Miller’s
Grove School
Mission
Ridge School; annexed to CCS
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
New
Providence School
Normal Park
School
Oak Hill
School
Ooltewah
School
Patten’s
Chapel School; became John A. Patten
Pine Breeze
School*
Pineville
School
Red Bank
School
Riverside
School
Sale Creek
School
Salem
School
Louie
Sanderson School; North St. Elmo
Sawyer
School
Shady Grove
School
Signal
Mountain School
Silverdale
School
Snow Hill
School
South St.
Elmo School
Soddy
School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner
Grammar School
Westview
School
White Oak
School
Black
Bakewell
School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School*
Chickamauga
School
East Dale
School (Colored)
Georgetown
School (Colored)
Harrison
School (Colored)
Roland Hays
School; Riverside Dr. and Crutchfield St.***
Hixson
School (Colored)
Lookout
Mountain School (Colored)
North
Chattanooga School (Colored)
Pine Breeze
School**
Soddy
School (Colored)
St. Elmo
School (Colored)
Summit
School
Washington
School
*Bonny Oaks
Industrial School was operated by the county as of this year
**Pine
Breeze School was operated by Pine Breeze Sanitarium
By
necessity, both of these met in the same building but in segregated classrooms.
***Originally to be called Bozentown School.
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1930-1931
White
Chattanooga High School (City)
Chattanooga
Technical School
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dickinson
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School
G. Russell
Brown School
Clara
Carpenter School
Cedar Hill
School
Central
Grammar School
Clifton
Hills School
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake
School
H. Clay
Evans School
Glenwood
School
Hemlock
School
Highland Park
School
Jefferson
Street School
Mission
Ridge School
Normal Park
School
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Park Place
School
Ridgedale
School
Louie
Sanderson School
South St.
Elmo School
Sunnyside
School
Third
District School
Black
Howard High
School
Lincoln
Junior High School
Calvin
Donaldson School; Hooker Road
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street School
Fort
Cheatham School
Main Street
School
Orchard
Knob School
Second
District School
Joseph E.
Smith School
Spears
Avenue School; formerly North Chattanooga Colored, Spears & Mattucks
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1933-1934
White
Chattanooga High School (City)
Brainerd
Junior High School
Chattanooga
Technical School
Dickinson
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School
G. Russell
Brown School (North Chattanooga)
Clara
Carpenter School
Cedar Hill
School
Central
Grammar School
Clifton
Hills School
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake
School
H. Clay
Evans School
Glenwood
School
Hemlock
School
Highland
Park School
Jefferson
Street School
Mission
Ridge School
Normal Park
School
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Park Place
School
Ridgedale
School
Louie Sanderson
School (North St. Elmo)
South St.
Elmo School
Sunnyside
School
Third
District School
Black
Howard High
School
Lincoln
Junior High School
Calvin
Donaldson School; W. 37th and Frederick
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street School
Fort Cheatham
School
Main Street
School
Orchard
Knob School
Park City
School; 2608 Cannon St.
Second
District School
Joseph E.
Smith School
Spears
Avenue School
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1934-1935
White
Birchwood
High School
Central
High School
Daisy High
School; consolidated into Soddy-Daisy High 1937
Hixson High
School
Ooltewah
High School
Sale Creek
High School
Soddy High
School; consolidated into Soddy-Daisy High 1937
Tyner Junior
High and High School
Red Bank Junior
High School
Amnicola
School
Apison
School
Bakewell
School
Birchwood
School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Chickamauga
School; closed by expansion of Lovell Field 1935
Daisy
School
East
Brainerd School
Eastdale
School
East Ridge
School
Falling
Water School
Fairmount
School; consolidated with Signal Mountain
Fairview
School
Flat Top
School
Friendship
School
Gann’s
School; consolidated into Gann’s-Middle Valley
Gold Point
School; consolidated into Gann’s-Middle Valley
Harrison
School
Hixson
School
Jersey School
Kings Point
School
Anna B.
Lacey School
Lookout
Mountain School
Lupton City
School
Maddux
School; merged into Harrison 1938
Meadowview
School
Miller’s
Grove School; consolidated into Gann’s-Middle Valley
Mountain Creek
School
Mowbray
School
New
Providence School
Oak Hill
School; merged into Harrison 1938
Ooltewah
School
John A.
Patten School; formerly Patten’s Chapel
Pineville
School; formerly Pine Hill
Red Bank Elementary
School
Riverside
School
Sale Creek
School
Salem
School
Louie
Sanderson School; North St. Elmo
Sawyer
School
Shady Grove
School; merged into Soddy 1937
Signal
Mountain School
Silverdale
School; consolidated with Tyner as Bess T. Shepherd 1937
Snow Hill
School
South St.
Elmo School
Soddy
School
Sunnyside
School
Tyner Elementary
School; consolidated with Silverdale as Bess T. Shepherd 1937)
Westview
School
White Oak
School
Black
Bakewell
School (Colored)
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Chickamauga
Colored School (Colored)
Eastdale
School (Colored)
Georgetown
School (Colored)
Harrison School
(Colored); merged into Washington 1938
Roland B.
Hays School
Hixson
School (Colored)
Lookout
Mountain School (Colored)
North
Chattanooga School (Colored)
Pine Breeze
School
Soddy
School (Colored)
Summit
School
Washington Elementary
and Junior High School
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1940-1941
Hixson High
School
Ooltewah
High School
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Tyner
Junior High and High School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Birchwood
Elementary and High School
Sale Creek
Elementary and High School
Amnicola
School
Apison
School
Nathan
Bachman School
Bakewell
School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Daisy
School
Central
High School
East
Brainerd School
Eastdale
School
East Ridge
School
Edwards
Point School
Fairmount
School; merged into Signal Mountain
Fairview
School; merged into Hixson
Falling
Water School
Flat Top
School; merged into Mowbray
Friendship
School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley School
Harrison
Consolidated School
Hixson
Elementary School
Jersey
School; consolidated into Kings Point-Jersey
Kings Point
School; consolidated into Kings Point-Jersey
Anna B.
Lacey School
Lookout
Mountain School
Lupton City
School
Meadowview
School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
New
Providence School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
John A.
Patten School
Pineville
School
Red Bank Elementary
School
Sawyer
School
Signal
Mountain School
Snow Hill
School
Soddy
School
Westview
School
White Oak
School
Black
Bakewell
School (Colored)
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Chickamauga
School
East Dale
School (Colored)
Pine Breeze
School
Roland Hays
School
Hixson
School (Colored)
Lookout
Mountain School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
Summit
School
Washington
Elementary and High School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1940-1941
White
Chattanooga High School (City)
Chattanooga
Vocational School
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dickinson
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Alton Park
School
Avondale
School
G. Russell
Brown School (North Chattanooga)
Clara
Carpenter School
Cedar Hill
School
Central
Elementary School
Clifton
Hills School
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake
Elementary School
H. Clay
Evans School
Glenwood
School
Hemlock
School
Highland
Park School
Jefferson
Street School
Mission
Ridge School
Normal Park
School
Oak Grove
School
Orange
Grove School
Park Place
School
Ridgedale
School
Louie
Sanderson School (North St. Elmo)
South St.
Elmo School
Sunnyside
School
Third
District School
Black
Howard High
School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary and Junior High School
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street Elementary and Junior High School
Fort
Cheatham School
James A.
Henry School (W. 12th and Grove)
Orchard
Knob Elementary and Junior High School
Park City
School
Second
District Elementary and Junior High School
Joseph E.
Smith School
Spears
Avenue School
West Main Street School (Main and College)
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1950-1951
White
Central High School
Ooltewah High School
Soddy-Daisy High School
Tyner High School
Amnicola
School
Apison
School
Bachman
School
Bakewell
School
Birchwood
Elementary and High School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Daisy
School
East
Brainerd School
Eastdale
School; annexed to CCS 1957
East Ridge
School
Edwards
Point School
Falling
Water School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley School
Harrison
School
Hixson
Elementary and High School
Jersey-Kings
Point School
Anna B.
Lacey School
Elbert Long
School; annexed by CCS
Lookout
Mountain School
Lupton City
School
Meadowview
School
Mountain
Creek School
Mowbray
School
New
Providence School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
John A. Patten
School
Pineville
School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Sale Creek
Elementary and High School
Sawyer
School
Bess T.
Shepherd School
Signal
Mountain School
Snow Hill
School
Soddy
School
West View
School
White Oak
School
Black
Bakewell
School (Colored)
Chickamauga
School
*Eastdale School (Colored)
East Ridge School (Colored)
Roland Hays
School
Lookout
Mountain School (Colored)
Soddy
School (Colored)
Summit
School
Washington
Elementary and High School
*After Eastdale was annexed into the City of
Chattanooga in 1955, this school was closed, with students having to choose
between distant Chickamauga School or overcrowded Orchard Knob.
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1950-1951
White
Chattanooga High School (City) (10-12)
Kirkman
Vocational School (9-12)
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dickinson
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Alton Park Elementary
School
Avondale Elementary
School
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Clara
Carpenter Elementary School
Cedar Hill Elementary
School; 13th Avenue
Central
Elementary School; 410 Colville St.
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
East
Chattanooga Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
H. Clay
Evans Elementary School
Glenwood Elementary
School
Hemlock Elementary
School
Highland
Park Elementary School
Jefferson
Street Elementary School; became William J. Davenport
Missionary
Ridge Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary
School
Ridgedale Elementary
School
Louie
Sanderson Elementary School
South St.
Elmo Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary
School
Third
District Elementary School; 2100 Long St.
Black
Howard High
School; 1001 Carter St.
Second
District Junior High School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary and Junior High School
Chattanooga
Avenue School
East Fifth
Street Elementary and Junior High School
Fort
Cheatham School
James A.
Henry School
Orchard
Knob Elementary and Junior High School
Park City
School
Joseph E.
Smith School
Spears
Avenue School
West Main
Street School
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1960-1961
White
Central
High School (7-12)
East Ridge
High School (7-12)
Hixson High
School (7-12)
Ooltewah
High School (7-12)
Red Bank
High School
Soddy-Daisy
High School (9-12)
Tyner High
School (10-12)
Red Bank
Junior High School
Signal
Mountain Junior High School (6-9)
Tyner
Junior High School
Birchwood
School (1-12)
Sale Creek
School (1-12)
John H.
Allen Elementary School (1-8; Green Pond & Dallas Hollow)
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Amnicola Elementary
School
Apison Elementary
School (1-8)
Bachman Elementary
School
Bakewell Elementary
School
Bonny Oaks
Industrial School
Daisy Elementary
School (1-8)
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East Ridge Elementary
School
Edwards
Point Elementary School (1-8)
Falling
Water Elementary School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley School
Harrison Elementary
School
Hixson Elementary
School
Jersey-Kings
Point Elementary School; became Hillcrest
Anna B.
Lacey Elementary School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
McBrien Elementary
School
Meadowview Elementary
School
Mountain
Creek Elementary School
Mowbray Elementary
School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
John A.
Patten School
Pineville Elementary
School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Rivermont Elementary
School
Sawyer Elementary
School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Signal
Mountain Elementary School (1-5)
Snow Hill Elementary
School
Soddy Elementary
School (1-8)
West View Elementary
School
White Oak Elementary
School
Black
Washington
High School (7-12)
Bakewell Elementary
School (Colored) (1-8)
Chickamauga
Elementary School
Roland Hays
Elementary School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School (Colored) (1-8)
Soddy Elementary
School (Colored)
Summit Elementary
School
Washington Elementary
School (1-6)
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS),
1960-1961
White
Brainerd
High School (7-10)
Chattanooga
High School (10-12)
Kirkman
Vocational School (9-12)
Brainerd
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Avondale Elementary
School
Henry
Barger Elementary School; 4808 Brainerd Rd.
Charles A.
Bell Elementary School; 3501 Central Ave.
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Clara
Carpenter Elementary School; 701 E. 5th St.
Old Cedar
Hill Elementary School; 4608 13th Avenue
New Cedar
Hill Elementary School; 4701 Divine Ave.
Clifton
Hills School Elementary
William J.
Davenport Elementary School; 1800 Jefferson St.
East
Chattanooga Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary and Junior High School (1-9)
East Side
Elementary and Junior High School (1-9)
Eastdale
Elementary Elementary School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School; 2225 Roanoke Ave.
Glenwood Elementary
School; Parkwood Ave. and Kilmer St.
Hemlock Elementary
School; 1501 E. 12th
Highland
Park Elementary School
Elbert Long
Elementary and Junior High School
Missionary
Ridge Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary
School
Park Place
School (4 & 6)
Ridgedale Elementary
School; 1000 Dodds Ave.
St. Elmo Elementary
School
Louie
Sanderson Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary
School
Woodmore
Elementary School
Black
Howard
School (1-12)
Second
District Junior High School (7-9)
Chattanooga
Avenue Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
East Fifth
Street Elementary and Junior High School (1-9)
Fort
Cheatham Elementary School
James A.
Henry Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary and Junior High School (1-9; separated next year)
Joseph E.
Smith Elementary School
Spears
Avenue Elementary School; 1312 Spears Ave.
Frank H. Trotter Elementary School; 4700 Kirkland Ave.
West Main
Street Elementary School; 700 W. Main St.
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1966-1967
High Schools
Central
High School (7-12)
East Ridge
High School
Hixson High
School
Ooltewah
High School (7-12)
Red Bank
High School
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Tyner High
School
Washington
High School (7-12)
Junior High Schools
East Ridge
Junior High School
Hixson
Junior High School
Lookout
Valley Junior High School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Signal
Mountain Junior High School
Soddy-Daisy
Junior High School
Tyner
Junior High School
Full 12-year Schools
Birchwood
School
Sale Creek
School
Elementary Schools
John H.
Allen Elementary School (1-8)
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Amnicola Elementary
School
Apison Elementary
School
Bachman Elementary
School
Bakewell Elementary
School
Chickamauga
Elementary School
Daisy Elementary
School
DuPont Elementary
School
East Brainerd
School
East Ridge
Elementary School
Edwards
Point School (1-8)
Falling
Water School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley
Harrison
School
Roland B.
Hays School
Hillcrest
Elementary School
Hixson
Elementary School
Anna B.
Lacey Elementary School
Lakeside Elementary
School
Elbert Long
Elementary and Junior High School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
McBrien Elementary
School
Meadowview Elementary
School (1-8)
Mountain
Creek Elementary School
Mowbray Elementary
School (1-8)
Ooltewah Elementary
School
John A.
Patten Elementary School
Pineville Elementary
School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Rivermont Elementary
School
Sawyer Elementary
School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Signal
Mountain Elementary School; 809 Kentucky Ave.
Snow Hill Elementary
School
Soddy
Elementary School
Summit
School
Wilkes T.
Thrasher School; 1301 James Blvd., Signal Mtn.
Washington
Elementary School
West View Elementary
School
White Oak Elementary
School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1966-1967
Senior High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Chattanooga
High School
Howard
School Senior Division
Kirkman Technical
High School (9-12)
Riverside
School Senior Division
Junior High Schools
Alton Park
Junior High School
Brainerd
Junior High School
*Dalewood Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Howard
School Junior Division
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Orchard
Knob Junior High School
Riverside
School Junior Division
*Dalewood, opened in the fall of 1963 for students
from Eastdale and Woodmore, gets its name from a portmanteau of their
names. Its original working name was
North Brainerd Junior High School.
Elementary Schools
Avondale
Elementary School
Henry
Barger Elementary School; 4808 Brainerd Rd.
Charles A.
Bell Elementary School; 3501 Central Ave.
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Cedar Hill
Elementary School
Clifton
Hills School Elementary
William J.
Davenport Elementary School; 1800 Jefferson St.
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
East
Chattanooga Elementary School
East Fifth
Street School (1-9)
East Lake
Elementary Elementary School
Eastdale
Elementary Elementary School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
Glenwood
Elementary School
Hemlock
Elementary School
James A.
Henry Elementary School
Highland
Park Elementary School
Howard
School Elementary Division
Elbert Long
Elementary and Junior High School
Missionary
Ridge Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove
Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
Piney Woods
Elementary School (701 Hooker Rd.)
Ridgedale
Elementary School
St. Elmo
Elementary School
Louie
Sanderson Elementary School
Joseph E.
Smith Elementary School
Sunnyside
Elementary School
Frank H.
Trotter Elementary School
Woodmore
Elementary School
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1975-1976
High Schools
Central
High School (9-12)
East Ridge
High School (10-12)
Hixson High
School (10-12)
Ooltewah
High School (9-12)
Red Bank
High School
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Junior High/Middle Schools
Brown
Middle School
East Ridge
Junior High School
Hixson
Junior High School
Ooltewah
Middle School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Signal
Mountain Junior High School
Soddy-Daisy
Junior High School
Full 12-year Schools
Birchwood
School (1-12)
Sale Creek
School (1-12)
Elementary Schools (1-6)
Allen
Elementary School
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Apison
Elementary School
Bachman
Elementary School
Daisy
Elementary School
Dallas
Elementary School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East Ridge
Elementary School
Falling
Water Elementary School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley Elementary
Harrison
Elementary School
Hillcrest
Elementary School (formerly Jersey-Kings Point)
Hixson
Elementary School
Anna B. Lacey Elementary School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
McBrien Elementary
School
Meadowview Elementary
School (1-8)
Mountain
Creek Elementary School
Mowbray
Elementary School (1-8)
Ooltewah
Elementary School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Sawyer Elementary
School
Signal Mountain
Elementary School (809 Kentucky Ave.)
Snow Hill
Elementary School
Soddy Elementary
School
Spring
Creek School
Wilkes T.
Thrasher Elementary School
Westview Elementary
School
White Oak Elementary
School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1975-1976
Senior High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Chattanooga
High School
Hixson High
School
Howard High
School
Kirkman
Technical High School
Lookout
Valley High School
Riverside
School High School
Tyner High
School
Junior High Schools
Alton Park
Junior High School
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dalewood
Junior High School
East Fifth
Street Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Hixson
School Junior High School
Elbert Long
School
Lookout
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Orchard
Knob Junior High School
Tyner
Junior High School
Elementary Schools
Avondale Elementary
School
Henry
Barger Elementary School
Charles A.
Bell Elementary School
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Clara
Carpenter Elementary School
Chickamauga
Elementary School
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
DuPont Elementary
School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East
Chattanooga School
East Lake Elementary
School
Eastdale Elementary
School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
James A. Henry
Elementary School
Highland
Park Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary
School
Hixson
Elementary School
Howard
Elementary School
Lakeside Elementary
School
Missionary
Ridge School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary
School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
Piney Woods
Elementary School
Ridgedale Elementary
School
Rivermont Elementary
School
St. Elmo Elementary
School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Joseph E.
Smith Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary
School
Valley View
Elementary School
Washington Elementary
School
Woodmore Elementary
School
Hamilton County Schools, 1985-1986
High Schools
East Ridge
High School
Harrison
Bay Vocational Technical Center
Ooltewah
High School
Red Bank
High School
Sequoyah
Vocational Technical Center
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Junior High/Middle Schools
Brown
Middle School
East Ridge
Junior High School
Ooltewah
Middle School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Signal
Mountain Junior High School
Soddy-Daisy
Junior High School
Full 12-year Schools
Sale Creek
School
Elementary Schools
Allen
Elementary School
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Apison Elementary
School
Bachman Elementary
School
Birchwood Elementary
School (1-8)
Central
High School
Daisy
Elementary School
Dallas
Elementary School
Dawn School
East Ridge
Elementary School
Falling
Water Elementary School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley Elementary School
Harrison Elementary
School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
McBrien
Elementary School
Mountain Oaks
Elementary School (old Ooltewah High building)
Mowbray Elementary
School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Signal
Mountain Elementary School
Snow Hill Elementary
School
Soddy
Elementary School
Spring
Creek Elementary School
Thrasher
Elementary School
Westview
Elementary School
White Oak
Elementary School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1985-1986
Senior High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Chattanooga
High School
Hixson High
School
Howard High
School
Kirkman
Technical High School; closed 1991
Lookout
Valley High School
Tyner High
School
Junior High Schools
Alton Park
Junior High School
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dalewood
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Hixson
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga Junior High School
Orchard
Knob Junior High School
Tyner
Junior High School
Elementary Schools
Avondale Elementary
School
Henry
Barger Elementary School
Charles A.
Bell Elementary School
Big Ridge
Elementary School
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Chickamauga
Elementary School; closed 1987
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
DuPont Elementary
School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East
Chattanooga Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
Eastdale Elementary
School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
James A.
Henry Elementary School
Highland
Park Elementary School
Hillcrest Elementary
School
Hixson
Elementary School
Howard
Elementary School
Lakeside Elementary
School
Mountain
Creek Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove Elementary
School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
John A.
Patten Elementary School
Piney Woods
Elementary School
Ridgedale Elementary
School
Rivermont Elementary
School
St. Elmo Elementary
School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary
School
Valley View
Elementary School
Washington Elementary
School
Woodmore Elementary
School
Hamilton County Schools (HCS),
1988-1989
High Schools
Central
High School
East Ridge
High School (10-12)
Harrison
Bay Vocational Technical Center
Ooltewah
High School
Red Bank
High School (10-12)
Sequoyah
Vocational Technical Center
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Junior High/Middle Schools
Brown
Middle School
East Ridge
Junior High School
Ooltewah
Middle School
Red Bank
Junior High School
Signal
Mountain Junior High School
Soddy-Daisy
Junior High School
Full 12-year Schools
Sale Creek
Elementary and High School
Elementary Schools
Allen
Elementary School
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Apison Elementary
School
Bachman Elementary
School
Birchwood Elementary
School (1-8)
Daisy
Elementary School
East Ridge
Elementary School
Falling
Water Elementary School
Gann’s-Middle
Valley Elementary School
Harrison
Elementary School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
McBrien
Elementary School
McConnell
Elementary School
Mountain
Oaks Elementary School; closed in 2000
Mowbray Elementary
School
Ooltewah
Elementary School (K-3)
Ooltewah
Intermediate School (4-5)
Red Bank
Elementary School
Signal
Mountain Elementary School
Snow Hill Elementary
School
Soddy
Elementary School
Spring
Creek Elementary School
Thrasher
Elementary School
Westview
Elementary School
White Oak
Elementary School
Special Schools
Dawn School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1988-1989
After this
year, sixteen schools were closed, the ones whose names are underlined.
Senior High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Chattanooga
High School
Hixson High
School
Howard High
School
Kirkman
Technical High School
Lookout
Valley High School
Tyner High
School
12-year Schools
Chattanooga
School for the Arts and Sciences (CSAS; old City High)
Junior High Schools
Alton Park
Junior High School
Brainerd
Junior High School
Dalewood
Junior High School
East Lake
Junior High School
East Side
Junior High School
Hardy
Junior High School
Hixson
Junior High School
Elbert Long
Junior High School
North
Chattanooga (Northside) Junior High School
Orchard
Knob Junior High School
Tyner
Junior High School
Elementary Schools
Avondale
Elementary School
Henry
Barger Elementary School
Charles A.
Bell Elementary School
Big Ridge
Elementary School
G. Russell
Brown Elementary School
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
DuPont
Elementary School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East
Chattanooga Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
Eastdale
Elementary School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
James A.
Henry School
Highland
Park Elementary School
Hillcrest
Elementary School
Hixson
Elementary School
Howard
Elementary School
Lakeside
Elementary School
Mountain
Creek Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
Oak Grove
Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
John A.
Patten Elementary School
Piney Woods
Elementary School
Ridgedale
Elementary School
Rivermont
Elementary School
St. Elmo
Elementary School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Sunnyside
Elementary School
Valley View
Elementary School
Washington
Elementary School
Woodmore
Elementary School
Chattanooga City Schools (CCS), 1989-1990
These were
the city schools after the 1989 mass school closings.
High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Chattanooga
High School
Hixson High
School
Howard
School of Academics and Technology
Kirkman
Technical High School
Lookout
Valley High School
Tyner High
School
13-year Schools
Chattanooga
School for the Arts and Sciences
Middle Schools
Alton Park Middle
School (became John P. Franklin Middle; closed 2005)
Brainerd Middle
School (became 21st Century Academy)
Dalewood Middle
School
East Lake Middle
School
East Side Middle
School
Hixson Middle
School
North
Chattanooga Middle School
Orchard
Knob Middle School
Tyner
Middle School
Elementary Schools
Henry
Barger Elementary School
Big Ridge
Elementary School
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
DuPont
Elementary School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
East Side
Elementary School
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
Hardy Elementary School
Hillcrest
Elementary School
Hixson
Elementary School
Howard
Elementary School
Lakeside
Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School
North
Chattanooga Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
Rivermont
Elementary School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Valley View
Elementary School (became Lookout Valley)
Woodmore
Elementary School
Hamilton County Schools, 2000-2001
These are
the Hamilton County Schools at the turn of the century, soon after they and the
Chattanooga City Schools consolidated.
High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Central
High School
Chattanooga
High School Center for the Creative Arts
East Ridge
High School
Harrison
Bay Vocational Technical Center
Hixson High
School
Howard High
School
Kirkman
Technical High School
Lookout
Valley High School
Ooltewah
High School
Red Bank
High School
Sale Creek
High School
Sequoyah
Vocational Technical Center
Soddy-Daisy
High School
Tyner High
School
13-year schools
Chattanooga
School for the Arts and Sciences
Middle-High Schools
Washington
Alternative School
Middle Schools
21st
Century Academy; formerly Brainerd Middle
John P.
Middle School; formerly Alton Park; closed 2005
Brown
Middle School
Chattanooga
Middle School for Paideia and Performing Arts
Dalewood
Middle School
East Lake
Academy of Fine Arts
East Ridge
Middle School
East Side
Middle School
Hixson
Middle School
Ooltewah
Middle School
Orchard
Knob Middle School
Red Bank
Middle School
Signal
Mountain Middle School
Soddy-Daisy
Middle School
Tyner
Middle School
Elementary Schools
Allen
Elementary School
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Apison Elementary
School
Bachman Elementary
School
Barger Elementary
School; Barger Academy of Fine Arts in 2002
Big Ridge
Elementary School
Birchwood
Elementary School
Chattanooga
School for the Liberal Arts
Clifton Hills
Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Elementary School
Daisy
Elementary School
DuPont
Elementary School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
East Ridge
Elementary School
East Side
Elementary School
Falling
Water Elementary School (consolidated into Middle Valley)
Gann’s-Middle
Valley Elementary School (consolidated into Middle Valley)
Mary Ann
Garber Elementary School
Hardy Elementary School
Harrison
Elementary School
Hillcrest
Elementary School
Hixson
Elementary School
Howard
Elementary School
Lakeside
Elementary School
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
Lookout
Valley Elementary School; formerly Valley View
McBrien
Elementary School
McConnell
Elementary School
Mowbray
Elementary School
Normal Park
Elementary School; Normal Park Museum Magnet School in 2002
North
Hamilton Elementary School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Rivermont
Elementary School
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Signal
Mountain Elementary School
Snow Hill
Elementary School
Soddy
Elementary School
Spring
Creek Elementary School
Thrasher
Elementary School
Westview
Elementary School
White Oak
Elementary School
Woodmore
Elementary School
Special Schools
Dawn School
Hamilton County Schools, present
These are
the Hamilton County Schools at the present time.
High Schools
Brainerd
High School
Central
High School
Chattanooga
Charter School of Excellence, High
(in
former Alton Park Junior High/John P. Franklin Middle)
East Ridge
High School
Hixson High
School
Hamilton
County Collegiate High School
Harrison
Bay Center
The Howard
School
Middle
College High School
Ooltewah
High School
Red Bank
High School
Sequoyah
High School
Soddy-Daisy
High School
STEM School
Tyner
Academy
Middle-High Schools
Chatt Academy Community School
(901
Woodmore Lane; 6-7 this year, eventually will be 6-12)
Chattanooga
Girls Leadership Academy
(1802
Bailey Avenue)
Chattanooga
High School Center for Creative Arts
Chattanooga
Preparatory Academy (boys only)
(1849
Union Avenue)
Chattanooga
School for the Arts and Sciences, Upper School
East
Hamilton Middle-High School
(former
Gibson Dairy Farm, Westview)
Ivy
Environmental Academy
(8520
Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy)
Lookout
Valley Middle-High School
Sale Creek
Middle-High School
Signal
Mountain Middle-High School
Washington
Alternative Learning Center
(in former Hillcrest Elementary)
Middle Schools
Brown
Middle School
Chattanooga
Charter School of Excellence, Middle
(in
former Oak Grove Elementary)
Dalewood
Middle School
East Lake
Academy of Fine Arts
East Ridge
Middle School
Hixson
Middle School
Howard
Connect Academy
Hunter Middle
School
Loftis
Middle School
Ooltewah
Middle School
Orchard
Knob Middle School
Red Bank
Middle School
Soddy-Daisy
Middle School
Tyner
Middle Academy
Elementary Schools
Allen
Elementary School
Alpine
Crest Elementary School
Apison
Elementary School
Barger
Academy of Fine Arts
Battle
Academy for Teaching and Learning
Bess T.
Shepherd Elementary School
Big Ridge
Elementary School
Calvin
Donaldson Environmental Science Academy
Chattanooga
Charter School of Excellence
(in
former US Army Reserve Center, East 23rd Street)
Chattanooga
School for the Arts and Sciences, Lower School
Chattanooga
School for the Liberal Arts (K-8)
(in
former Lakeside Academy)
Clifton
Hills Elementary School
Daisy
Elementary School
DuPont
Elementary School
East
Brainerd Elementary School
East Lake
Elementary School
East Ridge
Elementary School
East Side
Elementary School
Hardy
Elementary School
Harrison
Elementary School
Hillcrest
Elementary School (closed 2021)
Hixson
Elementary School
Ivy Academy’s
Skillern Elementary
(8520 Dayton
Pike, Soddy-Daisy)
Lakeside
Academy of Math, Science, and Technology (closed 2021)
Lookout
Mountain Elementary School
Lookout
Valley Elementary School
McConnell
Elementary School
Middle
Valley Elementary School
Montessori
Elementary at Highland Park
(on
former site of Highland Park Grammar School)
Nolan
Elementary School
Normal Park
Museum Magnet School (K-6)
North
Hamilton County Elementary School
Ooltewah
Elementary School
Orchard
Knob Elementary School
Red Bank
Elementary School
Rivermont
Elementary School
Snow Hill
Elementary School
Soddy
Elementary School
Spring
Creek Elementary School
Thrasher
Elementary School
Tommie F.
Brown International Academy
Wallace A.
Smith Elementary School
Westview
Elementary School
Wolftever
Creek Elementary School
Woodmore
Elementary School
Special Schools
Dawn School
Hamilton
County Virtual School
East Chattanooga Elementary, shortly after it closing in 1989.
14 comments:
Frank H. Trotter Elementary School; 4700 Kirkland Ave. was an African American Elementary Sc in 1960 - 1961
Not according the the school directory for that year. Of course, according to that, none of the schools were officially segregated that year. I'll look into that, though it may be a while due to the pandemic.
Hello Chuck. I'm researching recent history of Hamilton County Schools and Chattanooga City Schools. Particularly from desegregation until now. Do you have a go-to source for demographic and student achievement data?
Thanks in advance!
No, I'm sorry, I don't, but the first place I'd check is the Chattanooga Public Library.
Cool, thanks Chuck!
Hello Chuck
I am trying to find any info on the old Central Elementary School located at 410 Colville St in north Chattanooga 1940/1941. A photo would be great.
Hello Chuck
I am trying to find any info on the old Central Elementary School located at 410 Colville St in north Chattanooga 1940/1941. A photo would be great.
Ron B.:
As near as I can tell, what is designated North Chattanooga Central Public School on Chadwick's plat map book in 1928 was previously South Side, North Chattanooga School, which appeared around the same time as Normal Park Public School. Prior to that, there were Hill City School, East Side and Hill City School, West Side as well as Hill City School, Colored.
North Chattanooga School was renamed G. Russell Brown School and later moved to the its location west of North Market Street, which became CADAS sometime after the school was closed in 1989. The school for Afro-American children in the segregated system retained the name North Chattanooga School (Colored) until desegregation, but it was on Spears Avenue and was renamed Spears Avenue School after annexation into the city.
In 1940/41, there was no school named North Chattanooga Central Public School, just G. Russell Brown School (probably still on Colville Street at that time), Normal Park School, and Spears Avenue School.
Chuck, I do not see John A. Patten Elementary School in Lookout Valley (Now Closed) on any of these lists. I attended there from 1954 - 1959.
Check again. There're at least 10 times it's listed, plus several as Patten's Chapel.
Where would I might be able to get a picture of Chattanooga Avenue Elementary School
There's a Chattanooga Avenue Elementary School group or page on Facebook and they have one in their Photos.
Do you happen to know where the Chattanooga Public Schools central office was located in the 70s? I'm pretty sure it was in a building that had been a school. My mom was a social worker, and a few times when I was a kid I went with her to the central office when she had records to turn in or some such. I saw a picture of the old East Side Jr. High in a Facebook group today and it brought back memories and sparked this question. I stumbled upon your fascinating blog when searching for that piece of random history.
I believe it was located in the former Lookout Junior High School in St. Elmo.
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