Girls Preparatory School
Chattanooga · TN · Private independent · K-12 combined
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Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper → Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts → Scholze Center → Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy → Chattanooga Preparatory School → The Howard School → Notre Dame High School → Baylor School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 20 AP courses offered (school profile)
- 🏆 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year
- 📝 SAT avg 1370 (25-75: 1310–1440)
- 📝 ACT avg 30.5 (25-75: 29–33)
- 📚 AP exam pass rate 83.0% (avg score 4.0)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, the school's own published profile, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Girls Preparatory School compares for families
Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.
- ▸ NationallySAT mean 1370 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 30.5 (≈ top 10%) · 83% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 5 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers).
- ▸ LocallyTN sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper, Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, Scholze Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Enrollment trend & projection
Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.
For a more current snapshot, see Girls Preparatory School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.gps.edu/admission/school-profile ↗
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.0%/year, projecting from 2022's 516 students:
≈ 96 fewer students by 2027 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At tuition per student, the 96 students projected to be lost by 2027 represent ≈ $1,536,000/year in tuition at risk.
Tuition is an editable estimate (PSS doesn't publish tuition) — set it to your school's figure.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences Upper Chattanooga |
Public | 0.8 | 439 | +0.2% |
| Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts Chattanooga |
Public | 1.3 | 404 | +9.8% |
| Scholze Center Chattanooga |
Private | 1.9 | 6 | — |
| Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy Chattanooga |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 154 | -13.0% |
| Chattanooga Preparatory School Chattanooga |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 251 | +253.5% |
| The Howard School Chattanooga |
Public | 2.5 | 1,329 | +0.1% |
| Notre Dame High School Chattanooga |
Private | 2.8 | 371 | -9.5% |
| Baylor School Chattanooga |
Private | 2.9 | 1,068 | +3.6% |