Original Research by School Decision on Hickman Co Sr High School
Hickman County Sr High School serves the ninth through twelfth grades in Centerville, the county seat of Hickman County, Tennessee. It is a regular public high school, not a charter or magnet school. The student body is small for a high school, and the demographic profile is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic, Black, Asian, and multiracial students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as counts of students with disabilities and English learners, were not available in the source data.
The school sits in a small, rural county-seat town. Centerville is described as having an economy rooted in agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism, with a historic town square anchored by a Greek Revival courthouse. Community life centers on music traditions, festivals, and outdoor recreation along the Duck River. The town has seen a modest population decline over recent decades, and no major new housing developments were identified in available sources. The median home value in the area is below the national average, and the cost of living is also below the national average. The town has a fully functional hospital, a municipal airport, and a river park. The school itself is not described as being on the town square; given the rural character, it likely sits on its own campus.
State testing data for Hickman County Sr High School was not available in the source data, so a direct measure of academic proficiency cannot be reported here. Because the school serves only high school grades, and the data did not include a graduation rate, that metric is also absent from this account. A parent may want to ask the school or district directly for current state test results and graduation rates. The comparison fact-set that would position this school relative to other districts in Hickman County could not be applied, because the county contains only one district, so there is no peer set to compare against.
The school's enrollment is small for a high school, with a roughly even distribution across the four grade levels. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with small numbers of Hispanic, Black, Asian, multiracial, and Native American students. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not reported. The school is not a charter school, and its Title I status was not provided.
The district brief for Hickman County did not identify any recent parent-relevant changes, such as boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership transitions. The search for such changes was not completed, so the absence of information here should not be read as a sign of stability or change; it simply means the information was not found.
For a family considering this school, the picture is one of a small, rural high school in a town with a modest population and a below-average cost of living. The school's academic performance data is not available in this record, which is a significant gap for any family evaluating options. The town itself offers a traditional small-square civic life with music and festival traditions, and the area is described as having a mix of agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism. The lack of state testing results and graduation rate data means a family would need to seek that information directly from the school or district to form a complete picture of academic outcomes.
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