HAMILTON COUNTY’S REWARD SCHOOLSAmong state’s top 5 percent in achievementBig Ridge ElementaryLookout Mountain ElementaryAmong state’s top 5 percent in growthEast Side ElementaryHarrison ElementaryRecognized in both categoriesChattanooga High School Center for Creative ArtsThrasher Elementary SchoolSource: Tennessee Department of Education
REWARD SCHOOLS IN THE REGIONTen schools in Southeast Tennessee joined the list of 169 schools across the state recognized for academic performance and/or progress:Bradley County• Michigan Avenue Elementary (performance)• North Lee Elementary (performance)Franklin County• Broadview Elementary (performance)• North Lake Elementary (performance• Moore Elementary (performance and progress)McMinn County• Niota Elementary (progress)Meigs County• Meigs Middle School (progress)Polk County• Copper Basin Elementary School (progress)Rhea County• Frazier Elementary (performance)• Spring City Middle School (progress)Source: Tennessee Department of EducationHOW OTHERS FAREDHere are the number of reward schools in other large school districts:• Knox County: 10• Memphis: 20• Metro Nashville: 14• Shelby County: 4Source: Tennessee Department of Education
Six Hamilton County schools are among the best in the state for academic performance and growth on state exams, officials announced Monday.
And two schools — Thrasher Elementary and Chattanooga High School Center for the Creative Arts — are among a handful in the state to be recognized for overall performance and growth.
National, state and local officials honored 169 “reward schools”, which include the top 5 percent in overall annual growth in test scores and the highest achieving 5 percent in Tennessee. The results are based on exams students took in the spring at the state’s 1,736 public schools.