📍 4808 Brainerd RD, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, 37411
Barger Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chattanooga, Hamilton County. The school has 314 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hamilton County school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Barger Academy enrolls 314 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 224 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 44 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 9.9% |
| White | 14 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Barger Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-30, state senate district 10, state house district 30.
Barger Academy is one of 81 schools in Hamilton County, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The district serves 45,981 students district-wide and employs 3,041 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 314 students, Barger Academy is smaller than the district average of about 568 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize