Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, 1301 Dallas Road: grades 6-12, 717 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton County Schools, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and 2024-25 and 2026 data files and the federal NCES school directory.
Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts (CCA) is a Hamilton County Schools fine arts magnet school for sixth through 12th grade on Dallas Road on the North Shore. It has no attendance zone: the district says admission is audition-based, in the student’s chosen arts discipline.
- Address: 1301 Dallas Road, Chattanooga, TN 37405
- Main office: 423-498-7365
- Grades: 6 to 12
- School hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Website: cca.hcde.org
Who to call
- Front office: 423-498-7365
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page, or the Family Connection Center, 423-843-4799, at 3074 Claude Ramsey Parkway
- Applying: the district’s School Choice page
- Buses: the district’s transportation hotline, 423-498-5555, and its Bus Stop Finder
Principal
Principal Dr. Jill Levine, according to the school’s website. The assistant principals are Dr. Tracey Frazier and Dr. Jessica Ghazi.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 688 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 717 students.
State report card
Tennessee grades every public school A to F. The department says School Letter Grades give “a snapshot of how each school in the state is performing, including student achievement and academic growth measures for all schools, as well as a measure of college and career readiness just for high schools.”
From the state’s 2024-25 letter grade file, 2025 graduation rate file and 2024-25 ACT file:
| Measure | Center for Creative Arts |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | A (score 4.9 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | A |
| Academic growth grade | A |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | B |
| College and career readiness grade | A |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 75.8% |
| College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 | 90.9% |
| Graduation rate, class of 2025 | over 99% |
| Average ACT composite, 2024-25 | 24.6 (99 students tested) |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Center for Creative Arts students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the TCAP achievement tests for grades 3 to 8, science 88.2%, social studies 82.2%, math 77.3% and English language arts 75.5%; and on the high school end-of-course exams, English II over 95%, Biology 92%, Geometry 86.4%, Algebra II 85.9%, English I 77.5% and Algebra I 70.8%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Center for Creative Arts holds the full detail: results by subject and grade, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.
Admission and attendance zone
CCA has no attendance zone. Hamilton County Schools’ School Choice page says the Center for Creative Arts “requires an audition in the student’s chosen arts discipline.” Families apply through the district’s School Choice application. The district says the School Choice application period runs each year from Nov. 16 through Jan. 29; seats are filled first from applications received in that window, and a lottery decides when there are more applicants than seats, followed by a waitlist.
Calendar and school hours
Hamilton County Schools’ 2026-27 school calendar (PDF, linked from the district’s calendar page, board-approved May 8, 2025) has these dates next:
- Monday, Oct. 19: second quarter begins
- Friday, Oct. 23: first-quarter report cards
- Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
- Friday, Dec. 18: second quarter ends
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
- Jan. 4-5, 2027: professional development days, no school for students
- Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Monday, Feb. 15: Presidents Day
- March 22-25: spring break, followed by the Good Friday holiday on Friday, March 26
- Wednesday, May 19, 2027: fourth quarter ends; last day for students
School hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule, which lists early dismissal at 12:30 p.m. on half days.
More
- The school’s own site: cca.hcde.org, listed on the district’s School Websites page
- Every public school in town: Chattanooga public schools
- Calendars, enrollment and the school board: our Chattanooga schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Center for Creative Arts serve?
Sixth through 12th grade. The main office number is 423-498-7365.
What is Center for Creative Arts’s state report card grade?
Center for Creative Arts received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education. Its 2025 graduation rate was over 99%.
How do you get into the Center for Creative Arts?
By audition in the student’s chosen arts discipline, through Hamilton County Schools’ School Choice application, which runs from Nov. 16 through Jan. 29 each year.
What time does Center for Creative Arts start?
School runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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