Hendersonville has three high schools for grades 9 to 12. The largest high school, North Henderson, is in northern Hendersonville at the intersection of Four Seasons Boulevard and Fruitland Road. For the 2010 to 2011 academic year, North Henderson's enrollment was approximately 950 students. Hendersonville High School is in downtown Hendersonville and is the city's oldest high school, founded in 1901. West Henderson High School is in Hendersonville's Mountain Home community, less than five minutes from downtown. The city's only alternative school, Balfour Education Center, is in Balfour, a northern neighborhood in Hendersonville. Balfour caters to students grades 6 to 12 who are having difficulty learning in traditional high schools.
The three middle schools in Hendersonville are for children in grades 6 to 8. Hendersonville Middle School, the city's largest middle school, had more than 500 students for the 2010 to 2011 academic year. This middle school is on Whitted Street, less than three blocks north of downtown Hendersonville's Sixth Street. For North Hendersonville public education, residents send their children to Apple Valley Middle School, less than a mile from North Henderson High School. Rugby Middle School is on State Highway 191 and offers education for West Hendersonville children. West Henderson High School is a five-minute drive from Rugby.
Hendersonville has seven public elementary schools for children in grades kindergarten to 5. Northern Hendersonville children have access to three elementary schools: Sugarloaf, Edneyville and Clear Creek. Dana Elementary School is in Dana, a community in eastern Hendersonville. Downtown Hendersonville is home to two elementary schools, Bruce Drysdale and Hendersonville Elementary. The lone elementary school in western Hendersonville is Atkinson, which is on Old Kanuga Road. Hendersonville's public elementary schools have the PSAM Day Care Program. This program, which allows parents to bring their kids to school an hour before classes start, caters to parents who must go to their jobs at early morning hours.
Private schools are educational institutes not funded by the City of Hendersonville government. The Heritage Hall International School is in southern Hendersonville right off the Spartanburg Highway. This school offers classes for children from kindergarten through high school. Heritage Hall has educational programs such as foreign language education, college preparatory studies and Camp on Wheels, a summer camp for children ages 5 to 12.
Parochial schools are private schools affiliated with religious institutions. Hendersonville's two parochial schools are Immaculata Catholic School and Hendersonville Christian School, or HCS. Although they are affiliated with Christian churches (Immaculata is Catholic and HCS is interdenominational), both schools allow children of all faiths to attend. These schools offer a biblical perspective in their curriculum, meaning they teach how students may apply the Christian faith to their studies.