Reviews of Hillsboro High School (School)

Jess McKelley

Anyone who thinks that HHS has ANY program better than Hume-Fogg must be delusional. I attended both schools, and will tell anyone that Hume-Fogg is far superior. Hillsboro has a handful of excellent teachers, several teachers so awful that they should lose their licenses, and the rest are just average- BUT, this is the exact same case as in every other Metro high school, save for the two academic magnets. Hillsboro just has a better reputation because of its location and the slightly higher percentage of well-to-do students.

chris bennett

i went to school there 23 years ago granted but my experience was a complete joke. i don't know how they deal with disabled students now but back then if you had a physical disability they put you in mostly slow classes whether you needed them or not. i didn't graduate on time because of this because none of my slow classes qualified as being required for graduation. i almost didn't get into college because of this either. i was just as able to take the difficult classes as any other student and never got the chance to. if i had been smart i never would've gone a 5th year to get my diploma. id of dropped out at the end of my 4th year and gone to Nashville Tech for a year before Transferring to MTSU where i ended up anyway. not all students with disabilities are incapable of learning. i wish the school had realized that back when i was there. I'm still paying for it today almost 25 years later.

Chelsey Grundy

Of course I may be bias because I graduated from here a year ago. This school has it's ups and downs, as with any school but at the end of the day I would not have wanted to go to another school. It has some great teachers, challenging classes, and an amazing arts program. Go Burros!!!

Jessica Capps Walters

I graduated with Hillsboro's first IB class (2006), and I cannot speak highly enough of the quality of education that I received. After Hillsboro, I went to Vanderbilt for undergrad, and I was better prepared than many of my Vandy classmates. I later went to grad school in the United Kingdom, and I was pleased to see how highly the international community values the IB diploma. Hillsboro did not just give me a world-class education - it also exposed me to a huge variety of people and cultures. However, the IB program doesn't start until 11th grade, and I agree with other reviewers that the standard 9th and 10th grade classes (even the Honors classes) weren't challenging enough. Luckily, Hillsboro offers several challenging AP classes that 9th and 10th grade students can take.

The Other Person

Oof Amazing service, hope you are WELL

Kinsey Laura Elijah

my daughter loves going to her school

R Roddie

Hillsboro is not anything of what it is cracked up to be! Beware of entirely false claims about the quality of the education. We have a child at Hume-Fogg, and the writer who said the 2 programs are comparable is completely mistaken. All classes at Hume-Fogg are honors classes. At Hillsboro, math in 9th and 10th grade is almost non-existent, as many IB students were placed in 9th and 10th grade classes with students who can barely do basic math, slowing the progress to a very slow crawl for students actually ready for Algebra 1. Algebra II was a joke. English teachers and a few Social Studies teachers are about the only bright spots. Science is not very good. Some lax teachers regularly have subs at the rate of 1 out of 3 classes per week; the administration does not care, and the students miss a ton of valuable instruction time, and chat for an hour and a half. Spanish Dept. is very good. All French classes are at a low level of beginning, elementary French, even French III and IV. The PTO is top-notch and working very hard; commendable, dedicated parents are doing an extremely difficult job with grace. With upgraded teachers at all levels, this could be a very good school. The worst setback came with the transfer out of Mary Catherine Bradshaw. The IB Programme lost high-rated teachers and does not have funding to upgrade them while it competes with the demands of the Academies. In all grades the teachers will never be of the caliber of MLK or Hume-Fogg; and, the Programme is not large enough to sustain that. Forget 9th and 10th grade except for English. Send your kid somewhere else! Unless your child is self-motivated to get ahead on their own (and they would do well anywhere, so they are not to Hillsboro's credit), and those are the stars of Hillsboro, he/she will not be competitive in college and have a rude awakening that their A's and B's earned at Hillsboro were C's and D's and possibly F's elsewhere, and we have learned that lesson the hard way.

Kenyae Reese

An ideal place to get the "high school experience!' We rock at academics, sports, and student life...checkmate!

Tomlin Gale

Decent school some good teachers some very bad teachers.

Luong H. Hua

Only a handful of schools, especially in Tennessee, offer the same level of academic rigor whilst also providing its students with the experience and opportunities necessary to excel in a professional setting. Its encapsulation of almost every area of knowledge fulfills the wants and needs of all of its students, and I am proud to be one. It truly is a comprehensive school in every right.

Mackenzy Miner

The school is great. The teachers are wonderful. But the school needs Mrs. Shea back because she seems to be the only office person that has ever been able to do her job. It's as if opening doors and answering calls is the hardest job in the world.

Joyce Claassen

As a Momma and an educator, I have been amazed with all that is offered at Hillsboro! Amazing school, with amazing opportunities, along with Amazing educators who truly care about the students.

Karen Daniel

We have one daughter who has graduated and another who is getting an exceptional education through Hillsboro's IB Diploma Programme. I would say the IB route is comparable to a MLK or Hume-Fogg Magnet program. (Which we have also had 2 children complete). We are thrilled with Hillsboro and are thankful our children can now ride the buses instead of depending on us to drive them!

Shreyas Patel

Hillsboro is an amazing place for Students and Teachers. I have loved my experience with this school and its impact on students! #DOMINATE

Amanda Davoli

Proud to be a BURRO! I get to work with some of the best and brightest educators in the country and teach some of the sharpest students in TN.

Isaac Ball

6 out of 5 stars.