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Before the Civil War, a local resident, interested in educating the youth of the community, offered land for a schoolhouse. However, the first written records of the school date back to 1868. That year Cornelia Forman sold the Board of Education a one-acre tract of land for $250, on which the first schoolhouse was built. Soldiers, who only years before returned from the Civil War, reportedly built the “Old Rock School” on that site.
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Until 1901, one teacher was employed, but by December of that year, a new brick building was built and a new teacher was hired. By 1908, three teachers were being employed, and again they needed more room. At first they were going to build an addition, to the 1901 building, but that bond issue was defeated. In 1909, they again tried with no success. At that time there were 79 boys and 80 girls enrolled at the school. There were three classrooms in two schoolhouses, in which 144 pupils could be seated. Most days, only 135 students were in attendance, so the teachers managed. The three teachers were each paid $52 per month. The library housed 54 books, which were valued at $30. The estimated value of the school and it's contents was $5,000.
