Lookout Valley Middle/High School, 350 Lookout High St.: grades 6-12, 309 students in 2024-25, state letter grade C.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Lookout Valley Middle/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.
Lookout Valley Middle/High School serves sixth through 12th grade in one building in the Lookout Valley part of Chattanooga west of Lookout Mountain. It is run by Hamilton County Schools.
- Address: 350 Lookout High St., Chattanooga, TN 37419
- Main office: 423-825-7352
- Grades: 6 to 12
- School hours: 7:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
- Website: lvmhs.hcde.org
Who to call
- Front office: 423-825-7352
- 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 Lee Ann McBryar, according to the school’s website. The assistant principal is Tad Russell.
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 332 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 24 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 309 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 | Lookout Valley Middle/High |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | C (score 2.5 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | C |
| Academic growth grade | F |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | C |
| College and career readiness grade | B |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 29.4% |
| College and career readiness rate, 2024-25 | 62.2% |
| Graduation rate, class of 2025 | 97.3% (36 of 37 students) |
| Average ACT composite, 2024-25 | 19.2 (34 students tested) |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Lookout Valley Middle/High students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the TCAP achievement tests for grades 3 to 8, science 38.1%, social studies 36.6%, English language arts 19.4% and math 18.4%; and on the high school end-of-course exams, English II 53.5%, Biology 38.1%, Geometry 37.2%, English I 36.8%, Algebra I 30.6% and Algebra II 11.8%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Lookout Valley Middle/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 Lookout Valley Middle/High zone lies mostly inside Chattanooga city limits.
Lookout Valley Middle/High also has a middle school zone for sixth through eighth grade, and its students stay on for high school. The elementary zones of Lookout Valley Elementary and Lookout Mountain Elementary fall wholly or partly inside it, according to the 2026-27 zone maps.
Families zoned elsewhere can apply for an open enrollment seat: the district’s School Choice page lists Lookout Valley Middle/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 1A, Region 3, with Copper Basin, Sale Creek, South Pittsburg and Whitwell. Basketball is in Class 1A, Region 3, District 5, with Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence High, Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy, Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts and Copper Basin.
The school’s athletics page covers baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, golf, soccer, softball, track and volleyball, with middle school teams in several sports. Head football coach Joshua Payne is also athletic director, according to the page.
More
- The school’s own site: lvmhs.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 Lookout Valley Middle/High serve?
Sixth through 12th grade. The main office number is 423-825-7352.
What is Lookout Valley Middle/High’s state report card grade?
Lookout Valley Middle/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 97.3%.
Which elementary schools feed Lookout Valley Middle/High?
Lookout Valley Elementary and Lookout Mountain Elementary, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps. Check a specific address in the district’s School Zone Finder.
What time does Lookout Valley Middle/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 Lookout Valley football in?
Division I, Class 1A, Region 3 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA classification list.
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