Through the Years…..

     Hillsboro Elementary School was built in 1958 and consisted of 10 classrooms for grades 1-8, a cafeteria, a gymnasium/auditorium, and administrative offices. In 1963 the school was changed to grades 1-6. Kindergarten rooms and another classroom were added in 1973 with an entire new wing being built in 1981 to provide a library and 5 more classrooms. Still the population increased. A portable classroom was added in 1987. Additional portable classrooms were needed until the total reached five by 1992. 

    The sixth grade was moved to the Coffee County Middle School in 1995. A Family Resource Center was established in our school the same year, adding preschool classes for at-risk children. In 1996 a new wing with 9 additional classrooms, student restrooms, a cafeteria and kitchen, and a teacher workroom was opened.

    Remodeling of the old cafeteria area was completed in 1997 to house administrative offices, a Kindergarten classroom, a volunteer workroom, and a Writing to Read Lab. 

    In 1998 the school qualified as school-wide Title I. This allowed the creation of a Computer Lab accessible to every student in the school with regularly scheduled classes. 

At The Present…..

    Hillsboro Elementary School serves students from preschool through the fifth grade, with a present enrollment of 458. We house twenty-three regular classrooms, as well as various special area classes. We are a school that encourages academic excellence, parental involvement, and community support. 

    Hillsboro Elementary has received the 21st Century Schools Award since 1994 from the Tennessee Department of Education. The award indicates that our school has received exemplary status for meeting the goals in academic achievement, attendance, and promotion. In 1997 we were the first elementary school in the Coffee County school system to receive accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. We look forward to continuing to serve our students and community with the same high standards that have governed our school through the years.