County School Enrollment Up By 232 Students On The 1st Day

  • Friday, August 14, 2015

Superintendent Rick Smith said the county schools had an increase of 232 students on the first day of school when compared to first day last year.

Enrollment was at 40,403 compared to 40,171 last year.

It tops the 40,355 numbers on the first day of 2012/2013.

The elementary enrollment was up 277 students.

The middle schools had 73 fewer students.

The high schools were up 28.

The new East Brainerd Elementary School opened with 872 students - up 238 over last year.

Ooltewah Elementary gained 90 students to go to 905, Wolftever gained 93 and Spring Creek was up 69.

Apison was down by 91 students and Battle Academy dropped by 59 students.  Westview enrollment dropped by 60.

Orchard Knob Middle lost 62 students and Tyner Middle dropped 66.

Tyner Academy is down 152 students to an enrollment of 480. Ooltewah High was down 137 and East Hamilton dropped 60.

Howard increased 79 students to 509. Howard's ninth grade includes 95 black students, two white and 90 Hispanic.

ELEMENTARY

12-13 Day One 13-14 Day One 14-15 Day One 15-16 Day One Comparison to Last Year

573 566 612 633 21 Allen
315 296 297 288 -9 Alpine Crest
636 612 620 539 -81 Apison
389 388 377 384 7 Barger
370 364 374 315 -59 Battle
462 446 457 477 20 Big Ridge
124


0 Birchwood
389 365 283 263 -20 Brown Academy
574 558 464 480 16 Clifton Hills
262 298 356 370 14 Chattanooga Charter
365 361 358 364 6 CSAS
248 267 289 306 17 CSLA
467 457 489 480 -9 Daisy
226 249 290 288 -2 Donaldson
318 336 368 356 -12 DuPont
715 649 634 872 238 East Brainerd
379 361 430 473 43 East Lake
770 817 901 910 9 East Ridge
498 527 519 516 -3 East Side
236 220 198 177 -21 Falling Water
582 586 566 565 -1 Ganns-
378 325 386 320 -66 Hardy
358 349 360 369 9 Harrison
244 247 247 241 -6 Hillcrest
447 453 429 428 -1 Hixson
423 431 387 375 -12 Lakeside
167 179 171 178 7 Lkt Mtn
296 293 291 276 -15 Lookout Valley
535 498 475 474 -1 McConnell
657 651 627 621 -6 Nolan
542 563 563 566 3 Normal Park
363 350 336 330 -6 North Hamilton
502 784 815 905 90 Ooltewah
434 454 498 476 -22 Orchard Knob
614 608 627 643 16 Red Bank
316 271 196 185 -11 Rivermont
529 556 543 511 -32 Shepherd
801 735 656 654 -2 Smith
572 498 498 515 17 Snow Hill
370 396 367 386 19 Soddy
585 640 620 689 69 Spring Creek
574 562 560 572 12 Thrasher

3 5 6 1 Virtual School
749 747 705 645 -60 Westview
427 428 413 506 93 Wolftever
289 279 282 289 7 Woodmore
20070 20023 19939 20216 277

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

12-13 Day One 13-14 Day One 14-15 Day One 15-16 Day One Comparison to Last Year
482 467 413 412 -1 Brown
233 254 238 249 11 CCA

0 0 32 32 Chattanooga Charter
146 157 182 180 -2 CGLA
227 230 228 228 0 CSAS
134 129 127 129 2 CSLA
230 277 255 256 1 Dalewood
784 706 728 703 -25 East Hamilton Middle
390 405 422 466 44 East Lake
629 611 614 614 0 East Ridge
610 630 644 648 4 Hixson
669 690 751 783 32 Hunter

0 0 42 42 Ivy Academy
625 624 600 588 -12 Loftis
202 188 176 178 2 Lookout Valley
251 226 222 236 14 Normal Park
723 812 744 733 -11 Ooltewah
295 343 357 295 -62 Orchard Knob
510 530 516 505 -11 Red Bank
223 266 259 235 -24 Sale Creek
644 618 608 582 -26 Signal Mountain
582 533 493 474 -19 Soddy-Daisy
431 416 443 377 -66 Tyner

2 1 3 2 Virtual School
9020 9114 9021 8948 -73 Middle School Total

HIGH SCHOOLS

12-13 Day One 13-14 Day One 14-15 Day One 15-16 Day One Comparison to Last Year
610 502 460 492 32 Brainerd
893 825 839 884 45 Central
350 371 356 373 17 CCA
59 73 101 132 31 CGLA
69 57 58 83 25 Collegiate High
438 424 426 449 23 CSAS
1057 1025 1025 965 -60 East Hamilton High
718 743 712 714 2 East Ridge
130 119 110 120 10 Hamilton County High
816 838 788 820 32 Hixson
523 323 430 509 79 Howard
143 139 166 152 -14 Ivy Academy
179 200 205 191 -14 Lookout Valley
1310 1281 1448 1311 -137 Ooltewah
689 672 671 738 67 Red Bank
242 272 310 316 6 Sale Creek
390 378 319 337 18 Sequoyah
681 725 711 685 -26 Signal Mountain High
1364 1265 1246 1218 -28 Soddy-Daisy
74 131 191 264 73 STEM School
530 526 632 480 -152 Tyner

9 7 6 -1 Virtual School
11265 10898 11211 11239 28 High School Total

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