Excellent Schools for All Ages

Whether you’re looking into schools for your children or are thinking of going back to school yourself, Henderson County and the surrounding area offer a variety of educational opportunities.

Parents with small children will find numerous choices when it comes to child care and preschools. Many churches offer weekday programs and private and publicly funded child care centers operate throughout the county. For more information and a current list of child care options in Henderson County, contact Mountain Child Care Connections at SWCDCINC.org/ Quality-Childcare, call the toll-free hotline at 877-752-5955 or visit the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education at NCChildcare. NCDHHS.gov/ChildCareSearch.

HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Henderson County Public Schools (HCPS) consists of 23 schools—four high, four middle, 13 elementary, the Henderson County Career Academy and the Henderson County Early College.

HCPS serves more than 13,000 children with a staff of more than 3,000 instructional and noninstructional employees. Twentyone of the schools operate on a traditional schedule of four nine-week grading periods. Bruce Drysdale Elementary and Hendersonville Elementary operate on a flex schedule of four nine-week grading periods with three-week inter-sessions.

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