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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ooltewah Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
547
Middle
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 554
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON COUNTY·NCES 470159000515
Ooltewah Middle School
5100 Ooltewah Ringgold RD, Ooltewah, TN 37363 · (423) 498-6910 · Hamilton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Tennessee public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Tennessee public middle schools
Student : Teacher
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Teacher data unavailable
STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE -0%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 158 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 35% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
TCAP 2024-25 . % On Track or MasteredEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
TN avg 40.9% . +0.5pp since 2022
Math
29.5%
TN avg 39.3% . -5.7pp since 2022
What this means: On the TCAP, Tennessee's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Tennessee schools, those numbers are about 41 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
TCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 33.8% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 35.2% |
% On Track or Mastered, all students and all tested grades.
Source: TCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Ooltewah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Tennessee | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #213 of 336 ▼ 47 | #6 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #191 of 336 ▼ 33 | #6 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #148 of 349 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #1 of 325 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #44 of 216 | #3 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
547
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 1,064
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 547 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 36.6 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 37.5 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 44 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 43.1 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 58% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 50 | 12.7:1 | 55% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 870 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,064 | 46 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ooltewah Middle School.
About Ooltewah Middle School
The public middle-grades school Ooltewah Middle School is located in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The school counted 547 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Hamilton County serves 45,981 students across 82 schools.
About 32% of students at Ooltewah Middle School are White, the largest single group. It is also 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 13% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Hamilton County's residents are about 70% White, 38 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
On the allk12 Grade, Ooltewah Middle School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Tennessee public middle schools.
The school's county is Hamilton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $76,183 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Ooltewah Middle School shares Hamilton County with 81 other public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Wolftever Creek Elementary School, is the closest to Ooltewah Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
NCES describes the area around Ooltewah Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 558 in 2020-21 and 547 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
376,192
Census ACS
Median income
$76,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
45,981 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton County
- Signal Mountain Middle/High SchoolHigh · 1,396 students
- The Howard SchoolHigh · 1,329 students
- East Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Ooltewah High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- East Brainerd Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,177 students
- Soddy Daisy High SchoolHigh · 1,122 students
Other schools in Ooltewah
- East Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Ooltewah High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Ooltewah Elementary SchoolElementary · 858 students
- Hunter Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Wolftever Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Wallace A. Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 589 students
Nearby schools
- Wolftever Creek Elementary School0.1 mi · 632
- Ooltewah High School2.1 mi · 1,233
- Hunter Middle School3.8 mi · 745
- Wallace A. Smith Elementary School4.1 mi · 589
- East Hamilton Middle School4.3 mi · 913
- East Hamilton High School4.4 mi · 1,293
Frequently asked questions
About Ooltewah Middle SchoolHow large is Ooltewah Middle School?
Ooltewah Middle School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ooltewah Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ooltewah Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student diversity at Ooltewah Middle School?
Student demographics at Ooltewah Middle School are roughly 32% White, 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Ooltewah Middle School public or private?
Ooltewah Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton County.
What city is Ooltewah Middle School in?
Ooltewah Middle School is located in Ooltewah, TN.
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