East Ridge High School, 4320 Bennett Road: grades 9-12, 867 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: East Ridge 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 Ridge High School is the Hamilton County Schools high school on Bennett Road. The district lists a Chattanooga mailing address, but the campus is inside the City of East Ridge, according to Census Bureau maps. Most of its zone is in East Ridge; a smaller part takes in Chattanooga addresses.
- Address: 4320 Bennett Road, Chattanooga, TN 37412
- Main office: 423-867-6200
- Grades: 9 to 12
- School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
- Website: erhs.hcde.org
Who to call
- Front office: 423-867-6200
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page, or the Family Connection Center, 423-843-4799, at 3074 Claude Ramsey Parkway
- Checking a zone: the School Zone Finder or the county’s school zone lookup map
- Buses: the district’s transportation hotline, 423-498-5555, and its Bus Stop Finder
Principal
Principal Dr. Juan Moreno, according to the school’s website. The assistant principals are Jennifer Mitchell, Joe Galletta and Mindi DeWitt.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 928 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 867 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 Ridge High |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | C (score 2.5 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | D |
| Academic growth grade | C |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | B |
| College and career readiness grade | D |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 20.1% |
| College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 | 32.3% |
| Graduation rate, class of 2025 | 87.3% (219 of 251 students) |
| Average ACT composite, 2024-25 | 15 (214 students tested) |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of East Ridge High students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the high school end-of-course exams, Biology 31.6%, English II 27.6%, Geometry 24.9%, English I 22.3%, U.S. History 22.1%, Algebra II 16.3% and Algebra I 11.6%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for East Ridge 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 Ridge High zone lies mostly outside Chattanooga city limits, with a smaller part inside the city.
The 2026-27 zone maps put the East Ridge Middle middle school zone inside the East Ridge High zone, so East Ridge Middle is its feeder middle school.
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 4A, Region 3, with Hixson, Loudon, Red Bank, Sequoyah (Madisonville) and Signal Mountain. Basketball is in Class 3A, Region 3, District 6, with Brainerd, Central, Hixson, Red Bank, Signal Mountain and Soddy Daisy.
The school’s athletics page posts schedules for football, girls soccer, volleyball and bowling in the fall and soccer in the spring.
More
- The school’s own site: erhs.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
- Game nights: Friday night football and the scoreboard
Frequently asked questions
What grades does East Ridge High serve?
Ninth through 12th grade. The main office number is 423-867-6200.
What is East Ridge High’s state report card grade?
East Ridge High received a C overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education. Its 2025 graduation rate was 87.3%.
Which middle schools feed East Ridge High?
East Ridge 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 Ridge 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 Ridge High football in?
Division I, Class 4A, Region 3 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA classification list.
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