East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts

East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts is an intermediate school of reasonably sized scale in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of Hamilton County, works with 549 students in grades 6 through 8.

East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts is one of 82 schools operated by Hamilton County, a district that educates 45,981 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hamilton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,183 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts is one of 82 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 45,981 students).

East Lake Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts has contracted 7%, going from 588 students in 2018 to 549 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 20% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.