East Hamilton High School

Located at 2015 Ooltewah-Ringgold RD, in Ooltewah, Tennessee, East Hamilton High School is a sizable senior high that enrolls 1,293 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Hamilton County. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 754.

Hamilton County runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 45,981 students. East Hamilton High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, East Hamilton High School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 19% Black, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate median household income runs about $76,183, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. East Hamilton High School is one of 82 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 45,981 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westview Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Hamilton High School.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 26%: 1,757 students in 2018 compared to 1,293 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 51% across the same window.

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