Normal Park Museum Magnet School: grades pre-K-8, 857 students in 2024-25, state letter grade B.
Last checked Oct. 18, 2026. Sources: Normal Park Museum Magnet, 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.
Normal Park Museum Magnet School is a Hamilton County Schools magnet school for pre-K through eighth grade in North Chattanooga, in two buildings on Mississippi Avenue: the Lower School for pre-K to third grade and the Upper School for fourth to eighth grade. It has a small attendance zone, and the district’s balanced lottery admits kindergarten and sixth-grade students from across the county.
- Address: Lower School (pre-K to third grade), 1009 Mississippi Ave.; Upper School (fourth to eighth grade), 1219 W. Mississippi Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37405
- Main office: 423-498-6880
- Grades: Pre-K to 8
- School hours: Upper School 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Lower School 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
- Website: normalpark.hcde.org
Who to call
- Front office: 423-498-6880
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s registration page, or the Family Connection Center, 423-843-4799, at 3074 Claude Ramsey Parkway
- Applying: the district’s School Choice page
- 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 Jamelie Johns, according to the school’s website. The assistant principals are Jennifer Brownlee (pre-K to second grade), Joli Brown (third to fifth grade) and Leon Rorie (sixth to eighth grade).
Enrollment
The federal NCES directory counted 801 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 53 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 857 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 | Normal Park Museum Magnet |
|---|---|
| Overall letter grade, 2024-25 | B (score 3.8 of 5) |
| Achievement grade | A |
| Academic growth grade | C |
| Growth of the lowest-scoring 25% of students | F |
| Overall success rate on state tests, 2024-25 | 57.3% |
The state’s spring 2026 test file has the share of Normal Park Museum Magnet students who met or exceeded expectations on each test. On the TCAP achievement tests for grades 3 to 8, social studies 69%, science 68.8%, English language arts 58.7% and math 55.7%; and on the high school end-of-course exams, Algebra I over 95%. The 2025-26 letter grades have not been published yet.
The State Report Card page for Normal Park Museum Magnet holds the full detail: results by subject and grade, chronic absenteeism and results for each group of students.
Admission and attendance zone
Normal Park has a small attendance zone. Check an address in the School Zone Finder or the county’s school zone lookup map. Comparing the district’s 2026-27 zone maps with Census Bureau city limits, the zone lies inside Chattanooga city limits, and its middle school zone sits inside the Red Bank High zone.
Families outside the zone apply through School Choice. The district’s School Choice page says kindergarten and sixth-grade admission to Normal Park is by a balanced lottery, “a district-wide lottery with seats proportionally allocated by school board district.” The district says the School Choice application period runs each year from Nov. 16 through Jan. 29; seats are filled first from applications received in that window, and a lottery decides when there are more applicants than seats, followed by a waitlist.
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
The district’s 2026-27 bell schedule lists the Lower School from 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. and the Upper School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with early dismissal at 11:40 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on half days; the school’s website lists the same hours.
More
- The school’s own site: normalpark.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
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Normal Park Museum Magnet serve?
Pre-K through eighth grade. The main office number is 423-498-6880.
What is Normal Park Museum Magnet’s state report card grade?
Normal Park Museum Magnet received a B overall in Tennessee’s 2024-25 School Letter Grades, according to the Tennessee Department of Education.
What time does Normal Park start?
The Lower School runs from 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. and the Upper School from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell schedule.
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