Hardy Elementary School, 2100 Glass St.: grades pre-K-5, 399 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.

Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Hardy 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.

Hardy Elementary School is a Hamilton County Schools elementary school on Glass Street in East Chattanooga.

  • Address: 2100 Glass St., Chattanooga, TN 37406
  • Main office: 423-493-0300
  • Grades: Pre-K to 5
  • School hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Website: hardy.hcde.org

Who to call

Principal

Principal Talley Caldwell, according to the school’s website. The assistant principals are Katie Hamby and Dr. Matthew Smith.

Enrollment

The federal NCES directory counted 419 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12 students per teacher. The Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 school profile file has a newer count of 399 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 Hardy Elementary
Overall letter grade, 2024-25 C (score 2.5 of 5)
Achievement grade F
Academic growth grade B
Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students B
Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 6.1%

The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Hardy Elementary students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the TCAP achievement tests for grades 3 to 8, math 7.3%, English language arts 6.5% and science 6%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.

The State Report Card page for Hardy 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 Hardy Elementary zone.

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

The 2026-27 zone maps split the Hardy Elementary zone between the Dalewood Middle and Orchard Knob Middle middle school zones, which feed Brainerd High and The Howard School.

Families zoned elsewhere can apply for an open enrollment seat: the district’s School Choice page lists Hardy Elementary 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 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule, which lists early dismissal at 11:30 a.m. on half days.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Hardy Elementary serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. The main office number is 423-493-0300.

What is Hardy Elementary’s state report card grade?

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

Which middle school does Hardy Elementary feed into?

Dalewood Middle and Orchard Knob Middle, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps, depending on the address; students then go on to Brainerd High and The Howard School. Check a specific address in the district’s School Zone Finder.

What time does Hardy Elementary start?

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