Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts

Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts in Chattanooga, Tennessee enrolled 979 students in 2024-25. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 63-69% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 68% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 17% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 6%

792 students in 2022-23, 923 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 54.5 to 57.9.

Students enrolled at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts by school year2022-23: 792, 2023-24: 92302505007501k2022-237922023-24923
Students enrolled at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts by school year2022-23: 792, 2023-24: 92302505007501k2022-237922023-24923
Students enrolled at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts by school year2022-23: 792, 2023-24: 92302505007501k2022-237922023-24923
Students enrolled at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts by school year2022-23: 792, 2023-24: 92302505007501k2022-237922023-24923
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2379254.514.5
2023-2492357.915.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 674 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts enrolled 674 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 19 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 674 of the 674 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions19
  • Chronically absent1.6% (2022-23)

Who attends

62.3% of students were White, 19.1% Black, 8.8% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White62.3%
  2. Black19.1%
  3. Two or more races8.8%
  4. Asian5.8%
  5. Hispanic3.9%
  6. American Indian0.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts scored proficient or above: 63-69% in reading in 2021-22 and 68% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2263‑69%36%35%
Math, 2022-2368%37% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Schools of this kind in Chattanooga

2 public schools of this kind in Chattanooga report 2024-25 enrollment; Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts97914.5not reported
Hamilton County Virtual School25415.7not reported

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts

  1. Hamilton County Virtual SchoolThe nearest public school of this kind, 1.8 miles away: 254 students, 15.7 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
  2. Compare Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts with Hamilton County Virtual SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  3. How much Hamilton County Schools spends per student$14,785 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,785
  4. The largest public schools in TennesseeChattanooga School For The Liberal Arts is the number 2 by size of 90 Tennessee schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#2 of 90
  5. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts

  1. How many students attend Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts?
    979 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 792 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Chattanooga, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts?
    14.5 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts a Title I school?
    Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts do on state tests?
    The students tested at Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts scored proficient or above: 63-69% in reading in 2021-22 and 68% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Chattanooga School For The Liberal Arts in?
    Hamilton County Schools, NCES district ID 4701590. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470159000763 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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