History Of Mt. Pisgah Middle School

Mt. Pisgah was constructed as a high school in 1955. Sixteen classrooms housed students from Bartlett, Collierville, Eads, and Germantown. In 1971, the high school was dissolved; the students were reassigned to Bartlett, Collierville, and Germantown schools. Mt. Pisgah then became an elementary school with an enrollment of 750 students in grades K-8. In 1974, the school was accredited by the Southern Association. At that point, Mt. Pisgah had expanded to a staff of thirty- six classroom teachers and one librarian.
By 1988, enrollment had risen to nearly 1,600. An additional classroom building with an office complex and a new cafeteria were completed at that time. Grades K-3 were reassigned to the new Chimneyrock Elementary School in 1990, thus turning Mt. Pisgah into a middle school serving fourth through seventh grades. In 1991, the eighth grade was added. Mt. Pisgah now has approximately 1300 students in the fifth through eighth grades. Our feeder schools are both Chimneyrock and Macon-Hall Elementary Schools. The majority of our eighth-grade students will move on to Cordova High School.

Mt. Pisgah has had six principals, two administrative assistants, and six curriculum coordinators. Each of these people and many others including students, have helped Mt. Pisgah grow and blossom over half a century. After all, this is the place, "Where the Best Get Better!"