Hickerson Elementary's History

     Hickerson Station Elementary was started in the early 1900's as a small community school

with teachers holding classes in an old church building near Concord Baptist Church.  It is still

the second smallest school in Coffee County.  This small size contributes to the community

spirit and family atmosphere within the school.

     When the first Hickerson Station School building was built it served students in grades one

through eight with two classrooms and two teachers.  In 1949, the Coffee County Board of

Education consolidated the small community schools of Hickerson Station, Mount Vernon,

Center View, and Seminary Hill into one school.  A four-room schoolhouse was built at the

present site, housing students and three teachers.  Shortly after this consolidation, the schools

at Ragan and Mt. View were included at Hickerson.  In 1973, this four-room building was

replaced by the present building.

     Still growing with its community, Hickerson has undergone its fourth building addition in

1995.  This brings the number of classrooms to 17, serving 230 students with 21 teachers, a

full library, gymnasium, music room, speech room, computer lab and cafeteria.

     In the Spring of 2002, Jones Elementary School, a rural community school located on

Riley Creek Road  approximately 1.5 miles from Tullahoma in Coffee County, was closed.  In

the Fall of 2003 Hickerson Elementary and the previous Jones Elementary School were

consolidated, thus increasing Hickerson Elementary's student enrollment and classes.

     The original "family atmosphere" remains at our school with the childeren and grand-

children of former students currently in attendance.  Parents are welcome and encouraged

to participate in the educational process in many ways, including the Parent Volunteer

Program and the School Improvement Association.