Hendersonville High School (Tennessee)

Hendersonville High School
Address
Map
123 Cherokee Road

Hendersonville
,
Tennessee 37075

United States
Coordinates36°18′11″N 86°36′23″W / 36.30294°N 86.60636°W / 36.30294; -86.60636
Information
TypePublic School
Motto"A quality education for quality living"
School districtSumner County Schools
PrincipalMel Sawyers
Teaching staff93.00 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,537 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.52[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)     
MascotCommando
Websitehttp://hhs.sumnerschools.org/

Hendersonville High School is one of three public high schools located in Hendersonville, Sumner County, Tennessee. Since July 1, 2023, the principal has been Mel Sawyers, who formerly served as principal at Millersville and Guild Elementary Schools. HHS is part of Sumner County Schools. Two middle schools feed into Hendersonville High: Ellis Middle School and Hawkins Middle School.

The school's colors have been black and gold ever since the first Commando football team in 1941, when the Vanderbilt University football program provided the first Commando football team with older, used jerseys. The black and gold colors have remained ever since. Hendersonville is known as the Commandos because 54 men were sent to fight in World War II.

Hendersonville participates in 6A level sports as a part of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association, and maintains athletic programs including track, swimming, softball, bowling, baseball, wrestling, golf, hockey, soccer, football, cross country, marching band, and basketball. The school has rivalries with Gallatin High School, Beech High School and Station Camp High School.[citation needed]

Taylor Swift attended the school until she left to begin homeschooling on her tour bus. The school's auditorium was renamed "Taylor Swift Auditorium" in her honor after she contributed funds to refurbish the lighting and sound equipment.[2]

Family Circle magazine gave Hendersonville High School a gold star for 315 seniors who logged around 20,000 hours of community service.[3] Academically, Hendersonville has a 9/10 rating on greatschools.net.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Hendersonville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. ^ TuneIn Music City (September 23, 2010). "Taylor Swift becomes namesake of Hendersonville High School auditorium". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  3. ^ "Hendersonville Named Among Best Cities For Families". Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "GreatSchools - Public and Private School Ratings, Reviews and Parent Community". Retrieved June 9, 2016.