East Brainerd Elementary School, 7660 Goodwin Road: grades pre-K-5, 1,109 students in 2024-25, state letter grade D.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: East Brainerd Elementary, 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.

East Brainerd Elementary School is a Hamilton County Schools elementary school on Goodwin Road in East Brainerd.

  • Address: 7660 Goodwin Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
  • Main office: 423-855-2600
  • Grades: Pre-K to 5
  • School hours: 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
  • Website: ebe.hcde.org

Who to call

Principal

Principal Hannah Hudson, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 1,172 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 1,109 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:

Measure East Brainerd Elementary
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 D (score 2.2 of 5)
Achievement grade C
Academic growth grade F
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students C
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 36.9%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of East Brainerd Elementary students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the TCAP achievement tests for grades 3 to 8, science 39.8%, math 36.9% and English language arts 35.6%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for East Brainerd Elementary holds the full detail: results by subject and grade, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Hamilton County Schools zones by address, and zones do not follow city limits. Check an address in the School Zone Finder or the county’s school zone lookup map of the 2026-27 zones; the district’s School Zones page has a printable map of the East Brainerd Elementary zone.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 zone map with Census Bureau city limits, the East Brainerd Elementary zone lies inside Chattanooga city limits.

The 2026-27 zone maps split the East Brainerd Elementary zone between the East Hamilton Middle and Ooltewah Middle middle school zones, which feed East Hamilton High and Ooltewah High.

We found no rezoning approved by the Hamilton County Board of Education that changes this school’s zone for 2026-27.

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 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule, which lists early dismissal at 12:15 p.m. on half days.

Doors open at 8:15 a.m. for bus riders and the before-school program and at 8:25 a.m. for the car line, according to the school.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does East Brainerd Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. The main office number is 423-855-2600.

What is East Brainerd Elementary’s state report card grade?

East Brainerd Elementary received a D overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.

Which middle school does East Brainerd Elementary feed into?

East Hamilton Middle and Ooltewah Middle, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps, depending on the address; students then go on to East Hamilton High and Ooltewah High. Check a specific address in the district’s School Zone Finder.

What time does East Brainerd Elementary start?

School runs from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.