Montessori Elementary at Highland Park

Located at 700 S. Hawthorne ST, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Montessori Elementary at Highland Park is a low-enrollment elementary school that enrolls 372 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Hamilton County. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Tennessee, which averages around 470 students.

Hamilton County comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 45,981 students; Montessori Elementary at Highland Park is among them.

On demographics, Montessori Elementary at Highland Park lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In the broader community, Hamilton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,183 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hamilton County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,981 students), Montessori Elementary at Highland Park is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chattanooga Preparatory School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montessori Elementary at Highland Park.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Montessori Elementary at Highland Park is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On allk12, members of the Montessori Elementary at Highland Park community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.