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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Hamilton County, Tennessee

Across Hamilton County, Tennessee, 22 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State leads the list at 82.6%, against a median of 33.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
22
Hamilton County, Tennessee
Top % Proficient (Reading)
82.6%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
33.5%
BEST IN READING · HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga StateChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh14182.6%no change
2Chattanooga High School Center for Creative ArtsChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh71776.5%no change
3STEM School ChattanoogaChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh29674.9%no change
4Signal Mountain Middle/High SchoolSignal Mountain, TNHamilton CountyHigh1,39672.9%no change
5Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences UpperChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh74166.0%no change
6East Hamilton High SchoolOoltewah, TNHamilton CountyHigh1,29362.0%no change
7Soddy Daisy High SchoolSoddy Daisy, TNHamilton CountyHigh1,12257.3%▲ 1
8Ooltewah High SchoolOoltewah, TNHamilton CountyHigh1,23348.7%▼ 1
9Hixson High SchoolHixson, TNHamilton CountyHigh92045.7%no change
10Sale Creek Middle / High SchoolSale Creek, TNHamilton CountyHigh57745.2%no change
11Ivy Academy Inc.Soddy Daisy, TNHamilton CountyHigh48735.1%no change
12Red Bank High SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh77232.0%▲ 2
13Chattanooga Girls Leadership AcademyChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh35431.9%no change
14Sequoyah High SchoolSoddy Daisy, TNHamilton CountyHigh23528.3%▲ 1
15Tyner AcademyChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh63227.8%▲ 2
16Lookout Valley Middle / High SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh30927.1%▼ 4
17Central High SchoolHarrison, TNHamilton CountyHigh61726.4%▼ 1
18East Ridge High SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh86722.4%▲ 1
19Chattanooga Preparatory SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh53921.3%▼ 1
20Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence HighChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh11316.9%▲ 1
21The Howard SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh1,32913.9%▼ 1
22Brainerd High SchoolChattanooga, TNHamilton CountyHigh73913.8%no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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