Bess T Shepherd Elementary School (Hamilton County SCH DIST.), Tennessee - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Bess T Shepherd Elementary School is a Elementary in Chattanooga, TN. It currently serves 494 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Hamilton County School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Hamilton County School District and all schools in Tennessee.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:494
Number of Teachers: 35
Student/Teacher Ratio: 14.08

Location Info

Location: 7126 Tyner RD, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Mailing Address: 7126 Tyner RD, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Phone: (423)855-2611
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 78
Grade 2 82
Grade 3 93
Grade 4 85
Grade 5 77
Kindergarten 76
Pre-Kindergarten 3
Gender/Sex of Bess T Shepherd Elementary School Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 257 52.02
Female 237 47.98
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Bess T Shepherd Elementary School Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 11 2.23
Black or African American 233 47.17
Hispanic/Latino 163 33.00
Two or more races 32 6.48
White 55 11.13
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 1.56
Black or African American 133 51.75
Hispanic/Latino 71 27.63
Two or more races 13 5.06
White 36 14.01
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 7 2.95
Black or African American 100 42.19
Hispanic/Latino 92 38.82
Two or more races 19 8.02
White 19 8.02

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.28
Black or African American 39 50.00
Hispanic/Latino 26 33.33
Two or more races 3 3.85
White 9 11.54
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 2.44
Black or African American 33 40.24
Hispanic/Latino 32 39.02
Two or more races 3 3.66
White 12 14.63
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.08
Black or African American 50 53.76
Hispanic/Latino 25 26.88
Two or more races 7 7.53
White 10 10.75
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 2.35
Black or African American 40 47.06
Hispanic/Latino 29 34.12
Two or more races 9 10.59
White 5 5.88
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 4 5.20
Black or African American 33 42.86
Hispanic/Latino 24 31.17
Two or more races 6 7.79
White 10 12.99
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.32
Black or African American 37 48.68
Hispanic/Latino 26 34.21
Two or more races 4 5.26
White 8 10.53
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 1 33.33
Hispanic/Latino 1 33.33
White 1 33.33