Hamilton County Virtual School

Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hamilton County Virtual School in Chattanooga, Tennessee enrolled 254 students in 2024-25. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 15-27% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 10% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (Tennessee: 87.3%).

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

Enrollment fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers fell 23%

337 students in 2022-23, 313 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 21.5 to 16.5.

Students enrolled at Hamilton County Virtual School by school year2022-23: 337, 2023-24: 31301002003004002022-233372023-24313
Students enrolled at Hamilton County Virtual School by school year2022-23: 337, 2023-24: 31301002003004002022-233372023-24313
Students enrolled at Hamilton County Virtual School by school year2022-23: 337, 2023-24: 31301002003004002022-233372023-24313
Students enrolled at Hamilton County Virtual School by school year2022-23: 337, 2023-24: 31301002003004002022-233372023-24313
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2333721.515.7
2023-2431316.519.0

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

One counselor per 831 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Hamilton County Virtual School enrolled 831 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 831 of the 831 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions1
  • Chronically absent12.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

60.2% of students were White, 22.8% Black, 9.8% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White60.2%
  2. Black22.8%
  3. Two or more races9.8%
  4. Hispanic7.1%

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 Hamilton County Virtual School scored proficient or above: 15-27% in reading in 2021-22 and 10% 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, 2021-2215‑27%36%35%
Math, 2022-2310%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.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

90-94% of the 76 students in Hamilton County Virtual School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtTennessee
Four-year graduation rate90‑94%88%87.3%
Students in the class763,13171,510

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

Schools of this kind in Chattanooga

2 public schools of this kind in Chattanooga report 2024-25 enrollment; Hamilton County Virtual School is number 2 by size.

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 Hamilton County Virtual School

  1. Chattanooga School For The Liberal ArtsThe nearest public school of this kind, 1.8 miles away: 979 students, 14.5 per teacher (2024-25).1.8 mi
  2. Compare Hamilton County Virtual School with Chattanooga School For The Liberal ArtsStudents, 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 TennesseeHamilton County Virtual School is the number 29 by size of 90 Tennessee schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#29 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 Hamilton County Virtual School

  1. How many students attend Hamilton County Virtual School?
    254 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 337 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Chattanooga, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton County Virtual School?
    15.7 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Hamilton County Virtual School a Title I school?
    Hamilton County Virtual School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).
  4. How do students at Hamilton County Virtual School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Hamilton County Virtual School scored proficient or above: 15-27% in reading in 2021-22 and 10% 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 is the graduation rate at Hamilton County Virtual School?
    90-94% of the 76 students in Hamilton County Virtual School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 87.3% across Tennessee. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Hamilton County Virtual School in?
    Hamilton County Schools, NCES district ID 4701590. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470159002285 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
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 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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