Area Colleges & Universities

​​​​​​

• TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY - WINCHESTER
  • Winchester Municipal Airport partners with TCAT Winchester to provide training in Aviation Maintenance Technology.  Winchester will be the 4th location in the State of Tennessee.

 

• UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE:
  • Internationally recognized institution for graduate study and research in engineering, physics, mathematics and aviation systems.
    • Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

 

• UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH:
  • Private, coeducational liberal arts college
  • Ranked 34th on U.S. News' list of liberal arts colleges
  • Produced 25 Rhodes Scholars (most Rhodes Scholars per capita of any school in the United States).

 

• MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• MARTIN METHODIST COLLEGE
• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA- HUNTSVILLE
• MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY
• ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY
• TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY - SHELBYVILLE
• TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY - PULASKI

 

Public Schools

FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM:

Elementary Schools: 

• Broadview Elementary School 
• Clark Memorial School
• Cowan Elementary School
• Decherd Elementary School 
• North Lake Elementary School
• Rock Creek School
• Sewanee Elementary School

Middle Schools:

• North Middle School
• South Middle School

High School:

• Franklin County High School

Pre-K-12 School: 

• Huntland School

 

SCHOOL FACILITIES
 

• Two New State-of-the-Art Middle Schools completed in 2021
• New state-of-the-art senior high school completed in 2004
• All elementary and middle school facilities renovated in program ending 2004 

Private School

• Winchester Christian Academy 
  • Pre K-8

Statistics:

• 8 elementary schools
• 2 middle schools
• 2 senior high schools (2019 graduation rates for 2019 is: 88.1% and 98%)
• 1 private elementary school
• 1 private middle school
• All schools accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• All schools in Franklin County in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act
• 58% of certified staff hold advanced degrees
• The Franklin County School System leads the area in per student school expenditures
• Based upon the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, one of Franklin County's elementary schools was ranked 9th out of 1300 Tennessee schools in 2008
• One of Franklin County's elementary schools was named a Tennessee Reward School for the 5th time (2018-19 school year) 
• Franklin County High School has state of the art CTE courses