[2] Three acres were purchased in 1910, and in 1911 students moved into the new building.

The early settlers built a log schoolhouse in 1833, which was replaced by a two-story building in 1879."

- per The Germantown Historic Preservation Association url=https://germantowntnhistory.org/ By 1910, the Shelby County Board of Education had purchased three acres for a new school building serving grades one through twelve, and also in 1911, students moved into the new building with five classrooms and a study hall.

Additional rooms and buildings were added to both sides of a WPA facade in 1918, 1919, 1927, and 1935, for the Germantown Public School.

Germantown High School offers a variety of sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, cheerleading, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, dance, and trap shooting.