15 August 2019

Hamilton Co. and Chattanooga City Schools, 1900-present


New Walnut Grove (later East Brainerd) School, 1926

(Major revisions 15 September 2024)

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.

White

Central 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:

Unknown said...

Frank H. Trotter Elementary School; 4700 Kirkland Ave. was an African American Elementary Sc in 1960 - 1961

Chuck Hamilton said...

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.

Unknown said...

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!

Chuck Hamilton said...

No, I'm sorry, I don't, but the first place I'd check is the Chattanooga Public Library.

Unknown said...

Cool, thanks Chuck!

Ron B said...

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 said...

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.

Chuck Hamilton said...

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.

Alan Hulgan said...

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.

Chuck Hamilton said...

Check again. There're at least 10 times it's listed, plus several as Patten's Chapel.

Unknown said...

Where would I might be able to get a picture of Chattanooga Avenue Elementary School

Chuck Hamilton said...

There's a Chattanooga Avenue Elementary School group or page on Facebook and they have one in their Photos.

David Ensign said...

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.

Chuck Hamilton said...

I believe it was located in the former Lookout Junior High School in St. Elmo.