East Hamilton High School, 2015 Ooltewah Ringgold Road: grades 9-12, 1,293 students in 2024-25, state letter grade A.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: East Hamilton High, Hamilton County Schools, the Tennessee Department of Education’s State Report Card and 2024-25 and 2026 data files, the federal NCES school directory and the TSSAA.

East Hamilton High School is a Hamilton County Schools high school on Ooltewah Ringgold Road. The campus sits outside Chattanooga city limits in unincorporated Hamilton County, according to Census Bureau maps, but its attendance zone takes in neighborhoods inside the city in East Brainerd. Its middle school, East Hamilton Middle, is a separate school in Apison.

  • Address: 2015 Ooltewah Ringgold Road, Ooltewah, TN 37363
  • Main office: 423-893-3535
  • Grades: 9 to 12
  • School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
  • Website: ehhs.hcde.org

Who to call

Principal

Principal Brent Eller, according to the school’s website. The assistant principals are Matthew Thurman, Jenna Ormsby and Keitha Booker.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 1,263 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 1,293 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 East Hamilton High
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 A (score 5 of 5)
Achievement grade A
Academic growth grade A
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students A
College and career readiness grade A
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 60.2%
College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 69.4%
Graduation rate, class of 2025 93.9% (307 of 327 students)
Average ACT composite, 2024-25 21.3 (304 students tested)

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of East Hamilton High students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the high school end-of-course exams, Biology 73.1%, Geometry 70.3%, English II 65.1%, Algebra II 60%, English I 45.1% and Algebra I 30.4%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for East Hamilton High 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, which shows the zoned school for the current school year, or the county’s school zone lookup map of the 2026-27 zones. The district’s printable zone maps are on its School Zones page.

Comparing the district’s 2026-27 high school zone map with Census Bureau city limits, the East Hamilton High zone lies mostly outside Chattanooga city limits, with a smaller part inside the city.

The 2026-27 zone maps put the East Hamilton Middle middle school zone inside the East Hamilton High zone, so East Hamilton Middle is its feeder middle school.

Families zoned elsewhere can apply for an open enrollment seat: the district’s School Choice page lists East Hamilton High among its open enrollment schools and says the list can vary from year to year. The district says the School Choice application period runs each year from Nov. 16 through Jan. 29, with a lottery when there are more applicants than seats.

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 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule, which lists early dismissal at 10:45 a.m. on half days.

Sports and activities

For 2026-27, the TSSAA football classification list puts the team in Division I, Class 5A, Region 3, with Lenoir City, McMinn County, Ooltewah, Rhea County, Soddy Daisy and Walker Valley. Basketball is in Class 4A, Region 3, District 5, with Bradley Central, Cleveland, Ooltewah, The Howard School and Walker Valley.

The school’s athletics page covers baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, flag football, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does East Hamilton High serve?

Ninth through 12th grade. The main office number is 423-893-3535.

What is East Hamilton High’s state report card grade?

East Hamilton High received an A overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education. Its 2025 graduation rate was 93.9%.

Which middle schools feed East Hamilton High?

East Hamilton Middle, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps. Check a specific address in the district’s School Zone Finder.

What time does East Hamilton High start?

School runs from 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.

What TSSAA class is East Hamilton football in?

Division I, Class 5A, Region 3 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA classification list.