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Tommie F. Brown Academy

Q: Is Tommie F. Brown Academy a good school?

Tommie F. Brown Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Tennessee elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Tommie F. Brown Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 299 students attended Tommie F. Brown Academy.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Tommie F. Brown Academy?

Students at Tommie F. Brown Academy are 77% African American, 10% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 5% White, 1% Asian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Tommie F. Brown Academy attend?

Students who attend Tommie F. Brown Academy usually go on to attend: Middle : Orchard Knob Middle School High : Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper High : Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State High : Sequoyah High School High : STEM School Chattanooga High : The Howard School

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-5

988^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,009 Tennessee Elementary Schools

Better than 2% of Tennessee elementary schools

Summary

Tommie F. Brown Academy is a public magnet elementary school in Chattanooga, Tennessee, serving grades PK-5 with 323 students. The school is part of the Hamilton County school district, which is ranked 87 out of 139 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tommie F. Brown Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Tennessee elementary schools, with a 0-1 star rating from SchoolDigger. In the 2024-2025 school year, it is ranked 988 out of 1,009 Tennessee elementary schools. The school's student performance on standardized tests is significantly below the state and district averages, with only 11.5% of students proficient or better in mathematics and 11.4% proficient or better in English Language Arts. Tommie F. Brown Academy also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.9% to 21.1% over the past few years.

In contrast, nearby Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Lower and Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning, both magnet schools, have significantly higher student performance and statewide rankings. This suggests that high-quality education is possible within the Hamilton County district, despite the challenges faced by Tommie F. Brown Academy.

299

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,013

Per pupil spending ?

87.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

718 East 8th ST
Chattanooga, TN 37403

(423) 498-6870

District: Hamilton County

Students who attend Tommie F. Brown Academy usually attend:

Middle:	Orchard Knob Middle School
High:	Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper
	Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State
	Sequoyah High School
	STEM School Chattanooga
	More...
	The Howard School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

77.3%

Two or more races:

9.7%

Hispanic:

7.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 2nd percentile in 2013 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Tennessee average (12% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!Science scores 33 pts below the Tennessee average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school12%

District avg41%

Tennessee avg42%

988^th of 1,009

Tennessee public elementary schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 17 pts since 2015

From bottom 19% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

40^th of 42Elementary Schools in the Hamilton County

87^th of 139Hamilton County among Tennessee districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	5.8	988 of 1009	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	939 of 1018	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.4	819 of 1020	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	864 of 1000	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	825 of 983	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	774 of 985	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	842 of 997	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.5	693 of 855	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	7.9	821 of 853	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.7	830 of 846	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	17.5	743 of 820	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	19.3	724 of 818	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	31.5	613 of 809	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	461 of 498	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	443 of 498	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	344 of 500	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.7	320 of 483	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.3	251 of 411	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.3	198 of 404	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	30.5	315 of 450	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	13.7	884 of 986	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	937 of 990	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.9	831 of 989	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	877 of 975	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.0	834 of 945	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.4	829 of 926	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	795 of 843	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.9	809 of 853	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	747 of 865	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	697 of 858	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.0	599 of 823	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.9	597 of 821	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.4	699 of 877	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Tennessee percentile	Rating
2025	4.0	982 of 984	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	857 of 991	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.2	763 of 987	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	787 of 980	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	738 of 941	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.0	619 of 916	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)10th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)7th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Tennessee (2024-2025) ?

Science13%-33 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

English Language Arts11%-28 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

This is not a school. It is Urban Daycare. If you are thinking about sending your child here. Speak to the 15 teachers and the parents who fled. New principal spends her day vanity publishing on the internet and texting her social calendar. If teaching jobs were not so hard to find there would not be enough teachers left to run the place Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				TNReady Mathematics (2025)							TNReady English Language Arts (2025)							TNReady Algebra I (2025)		TNReady Science (2025)							TNReady Social Studies (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	TNReady Mathematics 3rd Grade	TNReady Mathematics 4th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 5th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 6th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 7th Grade	TNReady Mathematics 8th Grade	TNReady Mathematics All Grades	TNReady English Language Arts 3rd Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 4th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 5th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 6th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 7th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts 8th Grade	TNReady English Language Arts All Grades	TNReady Algebra I 8th Grade	TNReady Algebra I All Grades	TNReady Science 3rd Grade	TNReady Science 4th Grade	TNReady Science 5th Grade	TNReady Science 6th Grade	TNReady Science 7th Grade	TNReady Science 8th Grade	TNReady Science All Grades	TNReady Social Studies 6th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 7th Grade	TNReady Social Studies 8th Grade	TNReady Social Studies All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Tommie F. Brown Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	718 East 8th ST	Chattanooga	37403	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(423) 498-6870	323	25	13.1		21 (6.5%)	253 (78.3%)	17 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.6%)	5.8	988^th of 1009 public elementary schools	2.1%		11.2	939^th of 1018 public elementary schools	7.8%	49	11.1	7.9	14.6				11.5	17.4	5.3	10.4				11.4			19.6	7.9	10.6				13.0					$22,013	$1,694	$19,323
Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Lower	Public, Magnet	K-5	865 East 3rd ST	Chattanooga	37403	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 498-6845	388	25	15.3		224 (57.7%)	96 (24.7%)	20 (5.2%)	25 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	84.3	127^th of 1009 public elementary schools	87.4%		88.9	92^nd of 1018 public elementary schools	91.0%	35	58.3	53.3	66.2				59.3	63.3	55.4	73.0				63.9			73.3	62.7	74.3				69.9					$16,393	$798	$15,570
Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	1601 Market ST	Chattanooga	37408	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(423) 498-6860	518	32	16.3		185 (35.7%)	247 (47.7%)	34 (6.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (9.1%)	72.8	210^th of 1009 public elementary schools	79.2%		50	473^rd of 1018 public elementary schools	53.5%	263	67.9	39.4	52.6				54.3	55.6	54.5	48.7				52.9			69.1	57.6	50.6				59.4					$17,628	$861	$16,042
Montessori Elementary at Highland Park	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	700 S. Hawthorne ST	Chattanooga	37404	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(423) 702-7230	310	18	17.7		60 (19.4%)	184 (59.4%)	55 (17.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	14.2	897^th of 1009 public elementary schools	11.1%		10.4	949^th of 1018 public elementary schools	6.8%	52	22.1	19.4	9.7				18.5	23.5	24.1	12.1				20.8			27.9	21.9	24.2				25.6					$19,084	$648	$17,540
Orchard Knob Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 East 3rd ST	Chattanooga	37404	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 493-0385	458	36	12.8		10 (2.2%)	310 (67.7%)	101 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.1%)	7.6	970^th of 1009 public elementary schools	3.9%		4.8	1009^th of 1018 public elementary schools	0.9%	39	17.6	9.3	15.7				14.6	21.6	11.1	8.5				14.1			18.9	13.0	14.1				15.6					$20,354	$1,461	$17,806
East Side Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1603 South Lyerly ST	Chattanooga	37404	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 493-7780	542	51	10.6		9 (1.7%)	91 (16.8%)	421 (77.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.9%)	21.4	830^th of 1009 public elementary schools	17.7%		25.6	788^th of 1018 public elementary schools	22.6%	42	16.0	23.3	64.0				34.8	12.3	22.4	24.1				19.8			11.1	17.4	35.6				21.7					$21,475	$1,469	$19,000
Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence	Public, Charter	K-5	2029 East 23rd ST	Chattanooga	37404	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(423) 710-1121	461	44	10.4		18 (3.9%)	291 (63.1%)	134 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.5%)	6	986^th of 1009 public elementary schools	2.3%		6.9	992^nd of 1018 public elementary schools	2.6%	6	11.0	10.4	9.3				10.2	11.0	22.4	6.7				13.0			11.0	25.4	12.0				15.8					$17,671	$582	$15,996
Normal Park Museum Magnet School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1219 West Mississippi AVE	Chattanooga	37405	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	No	(423) 498-6880	801	53	15.1		542 (67.7%)	132 (16.5%)	46 (5.7%)	9 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (9.0%)	82.5	137^th of 1009 public elementary schools	86.4%		84	130^th of 1018 public elementary schools	87.2%	7	62.7	66.0	57.8	40.7	36.0	32.5	52.2	70.6	72.1	44.6	50.6	42.7	36.5	54.7	65.2	65.2	66.7	75.7	56.0	66.3	60.0	54.0	63.9	62.6	75.7	68.3	68.4	$16,394	$590	$15,319
Clifton Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1815 East 32nd ST	Chattanooga	37407	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	No	No	Yes	(423) 493-0357	710	53	13.5		24 (3.4%)	165 (23.2%)	503 (70.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	15.2	882^nd of 1009 public elementary schools	12.6%		13.7	908^th of 1018 public elementary schools	10.8%	26	21.9	24.2	45.7				29.5	10.5	18.2	19.8				15.8			13.3	21.2	28.4				20.4					$19,549	$1,525	$17,189
Calvin Donaldson Environmental Science Academy	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	927 West 37th ST	Chattanooga	37410	Hamilton County	Hamilton County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(423) 825-7337	341	30	11.2		19 (5.6%)	225 (66.0%)	79 (23.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.4%)	2.5	1009^th of 1009 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.6	1010^th of 1018 public elementary schools	0.8%	1		5.9	5.7						5.8								8.1	7.8					6.1					$22,711	$2,201	$19,580

Frequently Asked Questions about Tommie F. Brown Academy

How many students attend Tommie F. Brown Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 299 students attended Tommie F. Brown Academy.

What district is Tommie F. Brown Academy in?

Hamilton County

What is the racial makeup of Tommie F. Brown Academy?

Students at Tommie F. Brown Academy are 77% African American, 10% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 5% White, 1% Asian.

Is Tommie F. Brown Academy a good school?

Tommie F. Brown Academy ranks in the bottom 2.1% of Tennessee elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Tommie F. Brown Academy attend?

Students who attend Tommie F. Brown Academy usually go on to attend:

Middle : Orchard Knob Middle School
High : Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper
High : Hamilton County Collegiate High at Chattanooga State
High : Sequoyah High School
High : STEM School Chattanooga
High : The Howard School

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