Notre Dame High School
2701 Vermont Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $16,990
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 392
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Chattanooga center
- 2.0 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Tuition
- $16,990 (grades 9 to 12, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $7,530
- Left to pay
- about $9,460, before fees
Award $7,530 Left to pay $9,460
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 5, 2026.
- Award: Tennessee Department of Education, Education Freedom Scholarships, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 35
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Knoxville, TN
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 98%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 380 to 392, up 12 (3%)
- Path
- Dipped to 371 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (106)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (92)
- Average a grade
- About 98
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 200
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 20 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Larger than 21 of 28 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Notre Dame High School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $16,990
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Notre Dame High School's website, checked October 5, 2026.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Notre Dame High School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades 9 to 12, 2026-27).
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 EFS award for that grade band.
- Change them for your child’s grade.
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- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Baptist School | $13,660 | 2026-27 | 2.1 |
| Boyd-Buchanan School | $12,910 to $16,060 | 2026-27 | 2.5 |
| Belvoir Christian Academy | $11,490 to $12,300 | 2026-27 | 2.5 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove Center ✓ | 2-12 | 38 | <1 |
| McCallie School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Avondale Seventh Day Adventist School ✓ | K-8 | 51 | 1 |
| Montessori School ✓ | PreK-6 | 90 | 2 |
| Discovery Learners Academy ✓ | Ungraded | 50 | 2 |
| Brainerd Baptist School ✓ | PreK-5 | 266 | 2 |
| Boyd-Buchanan School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,034 | 2 |
| Belvoir Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 99 | 3 |
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