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Welcome to Nolensville, Home of the Knights

Nolensville High School is part of the Williamson County school district located in Middle Tennessee.  NHS is just south of the historic town of Nolensville, which is located approximately 30 minutes southeast of Nashville, TN. The town's population is just over 18,000.  Williamson County is a large district, covering 562 square miles and more than 52 schools.

Nolensville High School serves students in grades nine through twelve and has a strong connection to its community. There are two middle schools, Mill Creek Middle and Sunset Middle, that feed into Nolensville High School.  Knights are the faculty, staff, and students of NHS and with the support of our parents, local businesses, and the community…We Are One!

School History

Nolensville High School opened on August 5, 2016 and graduated its first senior class in May of 2019. The school is located at 1600 Summerlyn Drive, and it shares a campus with Mill Creek Middle School and Mill Creek Elementary School. 

Nolensville High School has been recognized as a TN Reward School for Academic Achievement and Growth, Years 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-2025.  Students are offered a rigorous curriculum, exceptional career and technical educational programs, extensive technology and an array of elective classes and extracurricular activities to expand their skills and interests. 

NHS offers 23 Advanced Placement courses as well as honors and dual enrollment courses for its students. In the arts, Nolensville High has earned superior ratings in Band, Choir, Theatre and Orchestra with numerous students achieving all mid-state distinctions.  In athletics, Nolensville High School has had multiple teams appear in state competitions as well as sub-state, and several region championships.  Finally, the career and technical organizations have had many students appear in state and national competitions. Nolensville High School has had a short, but distinguished history, and we are immensely proud of our 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 graduates.

A group of eight young people, some wearing school colors, pose in a parking lot with cars and a stadium in the background.
A young man in a graduation cap and gown smiles at a podium with a school crest, while other graduates and a stadium fence are visible in the background.
A group of smiling teenage girls in formal attire pose on a trailer decorated with balloons and streamers, with a grassy field and trees in the background.
A young boy in the foreground is typing on a laptop at a blue table, while other students and laptops are visible in the blurred background of a classroom.
A group of smiling girls in matching outfits stand on a parade float decorated with playing cards and dice, with a stadium and trees in the background.
A group of people, some in wheelchairs, pose for a photo in a classroom with posters on the wall and a whiteboard in the background.
Marching band members in black and blue uniforms play sousaphones in the foreground, with a yellow school bus visible in the blurred background.

Mission and Vision

Nolensville High School is dedicated to creating a culture of student success in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts.

Mission

The mission of Nolensville High School is to cultivate a community of learners that fosters innovation, encourages service, and empowers students to discover and develop their strengths.

Vision

Nolensville High School will be a school committed to excellence, community, innovation, and service.

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Nolensville High School Alma Mater

There among the hills

Stand the halls of NHS,

By the sword and shield

Live the Knights of faithfulness

So, here's to you old Nolensville

Our Alma Mater true

Broken wheel, unbroken faith

Unto the Black and Blue

Bell Schedules

The typical school day is from 7:40 AM to 2:47 PM. Throughout most of the year, the first day of the school week is run with a later start time of 8:25 AM. Students who arrive early to school on these days will be supervised in the cafeteria or library until their teachers have their classrooms open. Homeroom meets every Monday during 3rd Period.

NHS Snapshots