With a background of private schools dating back to the 1860's, Collierville High School has a rich heritage. The Collierville Male Academy and a seperate school in the old Methodist Church on Poplar Pike are known to have been in session before 1870 in which year construction was begun on Bellevue Female College at the site of the present Collerville Middle School. by 1880 Mss Ann Holden had established a school for girls and two years later Professor Perkins began a semi-military school for boys. By 1895 Mss Holden's school had become the proeprty of Shelby County and was operated as a school for boys, with the girls going to Bellevue Female College. These two school were consolidated in 1905 as Collierville High School in a building erected by Shelby County on the Bellevue Female College site.

For the next ninety years Collierville High School remained a the corner of Poplar and Walnut. In the Fall of 1995 a new chapter in the history of the school was opened when CHS and Collierville Middle School switched campuses. The $14,500,000 addition to the Byhalia and Frank Road site has made Collierville High School the largest facility in Shelby County.

Although the location of Collierville High School has changed, on thing has remained constant----the long tradition of excellence at CHS. We are fortunate to have staff, students, parents, and community dedicated to high achievement.