About Us

Ivy ClassIvy Academy is a tuition-free public charter high school serving grades 9-12. It is one of the first charter schools to open in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and opened in Fall of 2009 with 60 students. Each year, 60-80 students will be added until all four high school grade levels are filled. The total number of students attending the school at any given time will not exceed 320 thus allowing for intense personalized education and minimized impact on the natural surroundings. 

Designed by teachers who themselves are life-long students, Ivy Academy is open to all rising ninth-, tenth-, and eleventh-graders elligible to attend Hamilton County public schools.  Ivy Academy is an academically-challenging school for students who may be:

  • restricted by structural and schedule constraints in a traditional school;
  • frustrated by lessons that do not adequately address different learning styles;
  • voracious learners and lack a sufficient challenge to spark their interests.

What is a Charter School?

There is no tuition for a charter school.  Ivy receives the same per pupil allotment as every other public school in Hamilton County.  The charter school concept gives Ivy the ability to be more focused on individual learning styles and to develop curricula to meet the needs of its students.

What do we mean by an “environmental” charter school?

creekIvy Academy instruction happens more in the outdoors than in the four walls of the classroom.  The foundational element of Ivy Academy’s curriculum is to develop environmentally conscious citizens who have an appreciation of the woods, mountains, valleys and streams – our precious natural resources. 

Quick Facts

Executive Director, Mrs. Angie Markum

Assistant Director, Mr. Drew Daugherty

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