It is operated by the Hamilton County school district.

Sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, track and field, and wrestling.

[4] According to U.S. News & World Report, 93% of the student body is African American, 4% is white, 1% is Hispanic, and 0.2% is Native American.

[5] Gary Drinnon, 1968 Tom Griscom, 1971[6] Leslie Jordan, 1973[7] Venus Lacy, basketball player Malcolm Mackey, 1988[8] George S. Clinton, 1965 Brainerd High was the site of an important Supreme Court decision regarding the use of racially-charged symbols, including the display of Confederate flag and the playing of "Dixie" as the school pep song.

Bans on Confederate symbols in public schools continue to rest on this precedent today.