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Chattanooga School For Arts And Sciences Upper

Serves grades 6 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
865 E 3rd St
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone
(423) 498-6845
District
Hamilton County
County
HAMILTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
682
Classroom Teachers
40

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.0% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Chattanooga School For Arts And Sciences Upper Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
60%
35%
65%
36%
55%
34%
60%
35%
65%
36%
55%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
74%
36%
73%
36%
75%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
58%
39%
80%
49%
35%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 97 14.2%
Grade 7 81 11.9%
Grade 8 81 11.9%
Grade 9 93 13.6%
Grade 10 115 16.9%
Grade 11 106 15.5%
Grade 12 109 16.0%
Total 682 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.9% 50.5% 61.4%
Black 28.7% 26.8% 21.6%
Hispanic 3.7% 20.6% 14.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 7.7% 2.0% 2.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 367,193 7,126,489
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 677.3 171
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.6% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.1% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 148,888 2,768,743
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.7% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.5% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.9% 15.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.9% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.8% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.6% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.7% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 8.4% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,401 $293,839,000 56.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $609 $27,964,000 5.4%
Staff $716 $32,843,000 6.4%
General Administration $203 $9,328,000 1.8%
School Administration $706 $32,427,000 6.3%
Operation $881 $40,435,000 7.8%
Transportation $446 $20,491,000 4.0%
Other $287 $13,181,000 2.6%
Total Support $3,849 $176,669,000 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $999 $45,852,000 8.9%
Total Expenditures $11,249 $516,360,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,239 $6,281,389,000 54.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $566 $569,482,000 4.9%
Staff $647 $651,842,000 5.6%
General Administration $220 $221,150,000 1.9%
School Administration $648 $652,278,000 5.6%
Operation $805 $810,908,000 7.0%
Transportation $354 $355,941,000 3.1%
Other $305 $307,059,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,545 $3,568,660,000 30.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,723 $1,734,683,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $11,507 $11,584,732,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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