The Tipton County School System is responsible for the education of over twelve thousand students, pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade students and serves as the largest employer in the county with over 1400 employees.  

The district is home to three middle and three high schools. In 1992 Munford and Crestview Middle Schools were opened followed by Brighton Middle School in 1999. High schools in Covington and Munford were constructed and occupied in 1982. Brighton High School was open for class in 1996. The schools within the Tipton County School System are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the district is in “good standing” having made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

The Tipton County School System provides services to meet the needs of exceptional students. These services consist of but are not limited to speech and language therapy, occupational and physical therapy, hearing and vision support and augmentative communication.  We also provide pre-vocational community based training programs for students with disabilities in order to enhance their skills for employment. Students may receive services through inclusion in the regular education program or a resource pull-out program.   A self-contained setting is offered to students who require services for functional daily living skills. Intellectually gifted students are exposed to a rigorous, challenging curriculum in the regular program or in a pull-out program.

The Tipton County Board of Education is located at 1580 Highway 51 South.

Each elementary and middle school develops its program of instruction within the state framework. The schools provide for learning experiences in the following areas: language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health and physical wellness and the arts (music & arts). Guidance services are provided at all schools. Each student is encouraged to meet the achievement level to commensurate to his/her respective grade level.

The magnet school, Covington Integrated Arts Academy, is currently a participant in the Value Plus Schools program which is sponsored in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission.  The Value Plus program is a five-year whole school reform model emphasizing learning through the arts by integrating performing, visual, literary, and traditional art forms into non-arts subjects such as math, science, and language arts.  Learning about the arts is also an important component of Value Plus as dance, visual art, theatre, and music are taught as core stand-alone subjects, as mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The Tipton County High School curriculum includes advanced placement, dual credit, college prep, career technical and exceptional education courses.  The courses vary at the different schools.  Each school seeks to prepare students to be successful after high school in the work force or in post-secondary education.