Grayson County TXGenWeb
Grayson County Schools



Colleges & Seminaries in Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County Schools

 Schools
Many schools have been built in Grayson County. Many of them occuping a building and then being rebuilt inside the district lines.
Locations of some schools are found on the 1908 Grayson County Plat Book.
Colored Schools usually had separate buildings within the district lines, with a few exceptions mentioned below. 
Please email me if you have more information to share on Grayson County schools.

Most school districts were not much wider than three miles. As roads improved, schools consolidated.
Children were 8 years old when they started school until the last 60 years.
Postcards of towns and schools

School History Timeline

Please send your school pictures and class pictures 


Unknown school group

Anyone recognize this photo?

View another school group photo - unknown, taught by Shadrach Jasper Pike

 
Dallas Morning News
13 July 1894

 GRAYSON SCHOLASTIC POPULATION
     __________

Sherman, Tex. July 12. -- Exclusive of Sherman, Denison, Whitesboro, Whitewright and Southmayd, which control their own schools, the scholastic population of Grayson County is as follows:  White, male 4156; female 3918; colored, male 381, female 457; total 9412.  The total scholastic population including the cities and towns above named will reach over 15,000.

Grayson County Schools
Some have school district number & plats.
The word "Colored" has been reratined as it is usually found on old county records.



Sherman Schools
The first school in Sherman was located in a log building in the 100 Block of North Crockett 
NameLocationComments
Barton - Taylor School northeast corner of Travis & Mulberryearly boarding school
closed just before the Civil War began
teacher was Rev. Barton W. Taylor
Capt. LeTellier's School for Boys
Article about Capt. LeTellier's School
Capt. LeTellier's School photo, 1905		1st school in Sherman
Crockett
building, 2010
Franklin School
Franklin School		Sherman's first Elementary School
Fred Douglas School
Fred Douglas School ~ Sherman
Fred Douglas School ~ Photograph
Jefferson School
Jefferson School - 1896
Jefferson School, 1905 - 1906, 3rd grade
Jefferson School, 1905 - 1906, 4th grade		3rd public school
Odd Fellows Male & Female Institute
Odd Fellows Male & Female High School
Robert E. Lee School2011 photo
Sherman Female Academyopened when Capt. LeTelier opened the Academy for Boys
Sherman High School
Postcards of Sherman High School
Sherman High School ~ Class of 1912
State Quarterfinalist Sherman High Football Squad, 1935
Teen Time Magazine School of the Month, 1961		Sherman Ex-Students Association & Museum
Sherman Insitute & Conservaatory of Music & Art
Sherman Male & Female Accademy
St Joseph's Academy
St. Joseph's Acadamy ~ Postcard
St. Joseph's Academy ~ early photograph
Washington School
Washington School, 1905

Denison Schools

Denison City Directory
1955

African American schools

Brownsville Elementary School, 2400 W. Woodlawn Blvd.
Langston Elementary School, 411 E. North Nelson St.
Terrell High School
Walton Elementary School, 1129 W. Day St.
Wims Elementary School, 700 W. Elm St. (constructed 1964)

Price vs. Denison ISD, 1965

White schools
Denison High School (later McDaniel Junior High School)
Central Ward Elementary School, 715 W. Sears St.
Golden Rule School, 815 W. Florence (not a part of Denison ISD)
Hyde Park Elementary School, Loy Lake Rd.
Lamar Elementary School, 508 E. Munson St.
Layne Elementary School, 800 Layne Dr.
McDaniel Junior High School, West Burnett just off of Main St.
Peabody Elementary School, 308 W. Monterey St.
Raynal Elementary School, 526 E. Morton St.
Sam Houston Elementary School, 1100 W. Morgan St.
Starr Elementary School, Bells Hwy.


Hunt & Bryant.  Two Schools on Main Street : Pride of Denison, Texas, 1873 - 2007, pg.232

Denison Alumni Association
National African American Alumni Association of Denison

1850s Grayson County Schools

1860 School Teachers

Anderson Schoolcorner of Bond & MirickColored
Brownsville School extreme southern Denison
Burleson School
Burleson School, 1900
Central Ward School
Coffman School
Cold Springs Schoolwest of Denisonnow in Frontier Village
Cotton Mill School
Denison High School
Yellow Jacket, Denison High School Yearbook, 1914
Yellow Jacket, Denison High School Yearbook, 1916
Commencement of Denison High School, 1916
Denison High School 9th grade, 1918
Denison High School football players, 1919
Denison High School, 1920s
Yellow Jacket  Denison High School Yearbook, 1922
Denison High School class, 1925
class list, Denison High School, 1926
Denison High School vs. St. Joseph, 1938
Denison High School Directory, 1957 - 1958
Denison High School vs. Gainesville, 1961
Denison High School Commencement, 1962
Denison High School Student Directory, 1966 - 1967
Denison High School Semi-Finals Champions, 1984
Freshman English
Denison Junior High School
Denison Junior High School Student & Faculty Directory, 1960 - 1961
Educational Institute, 1873
Golden Rule SchoolCotton Mill School District
Harshaw's Academy
Hyde Park School
Lamar School
Lamar School Namesake
Lamar school buildings & history
Lamar School : year not noted
Lamar School, ca1910
Langston Schoolcorner of Travis and NelsonColored
Peabody School White
Sam Houston School 
Houston School, year unknown
Houston School, 1911
Sam Houston School,1948-1949
St Francis Xavier School
St. Francis Xavier Academy School Historical Marker
St. Francis Xavier School - statue
St. Mary's School
Stevens School
Terrell High School
Terrell High School
Terrell HS building
Terrell High School historical marker dedication
Terrell High School faculty, 1941
Terrell High School faculty, 1957
Terrell High School classes, 1941 - 1967		Colored
open until 1967
Walton Schoolcorner of Day & PerryColored
Washington School
Washington School, 1886
Washington School- Denison, 1890s
Washington Annex School
Washington School, 1906
Washington School, 1907
Washington School,1922 location
Wims School
History 		Colored

Order Form
Two Schools on Main Street : Pride of Denison, Texas
1873 - 2007
by Mavis Anne Bryant & Donna Hord Hunt

Under Construction, still have to place these in the list below, need help!
      
  • Hog Town School - (Hog Eye School is mentioned on this page.
  • Rosamund School - location or district ???
    •  
  • Tator Hill School ( I am unsure of which school this was officially but I think it was near the Mt Carmel Cemetery and church? email if you have more info. It was located near Desert on the Grayson, Collin,  & Fannin Co. lines.  It was in session 1880-1904. The school building was moved to Desert and became the Desert School.
  • The Gentry School was in the area just east of there, located on the Gentry farm in the far SE corner of Grayson County; classes were held from 1860-1880s
GRAYSON COUNTY COMMON SCHOOLS

1st School held in Grayson Co. was near Ambrose at Ft. Warren, a settlers' fort, on what is now the County Line in far northeast Grayson Co., near where Virginia Point Methodist Church stands.  Families took refuge there from Indian attacks in 1839.



    54. Bells School District - first Bells School building - 1878 in the North Bells School Dist.
    The Academy at Bells - private school


     Belsher School - No. 69 Belsher community between Whitesboro & Sadler

    6. Bethel School District - south of Whitewright - West part plat
    Built 1870, consolidated with Whitewright in the middle 1940s. Building used by the Bethel Church after that.


    48. Bethel School District #48 - south of Bells ("Colored School") 1892, new school building built west of the old building in 1936. Consolidated with Bells.

    116. Bethel School District - north of Dorchester - North Side

    115. Blackbridge School District - late 1890s - consoidated with Sherman schools.
    This school was where the children who lived at the Woodmen's Circle Home attended school.

    5. Blanks School District - southwest of Whitewright  Est. 1892, called "Littlerock School"
    consolidated with Whitewright

    130. Buck Creek School District - southwest of Gunter
             Buck Creek School
    52. Calamus School District - a two-room school north of Pink Hill, consolidated with Bells
    47. Canaan School District - Established 1860s between Whitewright and Bells. The 1919 tornado damaged the building but, repaired, it served until it merged with Whitewright.
    39. Cedar School District -  west of Luella -  top of Cedar Dist - top portion
    An Academy was started in 1871, it turned into the Cedar School, consolidated with Tom Bean in 1937.
    37. Celtic School District - south of Luella. Early one-room school; expanded to three rooms. Consolidated in 1936 with Howe & Tom Bean
    68. Center School District - North Part  -   South Part - 5 miles south of Whitesboro - -room school house, expanded a couple of times. Consolidated with Whitesboro in 1938.
    17. Clayton School District -  southwest of Sherman, consolidated with Gunter and Howe
    13. Cleveland School District (Lincoln Park) - north of Van Alstyne - the school building was moved into Van Alstyne and used for a house.
    Central portion plat  - SE section
    8.  Cold Springs School District - southeast of Van Alstyne - consolidated with Van Alstyne in mid 1940s.  portion of this plat is online
    66. County Line School District - on the Grayson / Cooke Co. Line. One-room schoolhouse
    28. Dawkins School District - north of Collinsville
    118. Delaware School District - northwest corner of Grayson County at Delaware Bend
    87. DeVoignes School District - southeast of Denison - also on this plat - East Side. A one-room school built in 1880. They added to it and it was in session until it was consolidated with Denison in 1950. The DeVoignes School is now a place for the Texoma Square Dance Club, 929 DesVoignes Road, Denison.
    133. Dexter School District - overlaps Cooke County
    112. Dugan School District - northwest of Bells - Consolidated with Bells in the 1930s
    10. Eagle Point School District - near Van Alstyne, consolidated with Van Alstyne in 1937

    30. Elm View School District - consolidated with Gunter in 1934
    22. Emberson School District - south of Tioga
                    news article

    80. Enterprise  School District - southwest of Pottsboro - South side of the plat
    First called "Cottage Hill" and also "Possom Trot" until the 1880s. Then "Enterprise" when a new school was built..  Moved one last time in 1920 to what is now next to the Enterprise Cemetery and later consolidated with Pottsboro 1930s.
    110. Eureka School District - Eureka Plat -The Eureka School was on Preston Bend, located in the town of Preston. The Mayrant School to the west and the Eureka School were consolidated sometime in the early 1900's and a new building built across from the Preston Bend Cemetery and called "Eureka School".

    Fern Bank

    99. Geiger  School District - SW Section -  West Part
    129. Golden Rule School  - Cotton Mill School District - south side of Denison, usually was called the "Cotton Mill School" until later years.
     
    104. Gordonville School District
    121. Grayson Land Company School District - nicknamed the "Lone Star School", West Side - North Section - Far East Side
    Consolidated with Southmayd in 1941. 
    82. Greystone School District - West side  - North Side - SE Corner
      • Greystone School
    21. Gunter School District (first called Jot District #123) has had many different buildings. It was established in the late 1800's.
    11. Hackberry  School District - northwest  of Van Alstyne - SE Corner
      • Hackberry School Group - 1910
      • Hackberry School location and story
      • Personal letter, 1966
    125. Hagerman School District - most of this town is now under Lake Texoma - SW Corner plat
    In pioneer days children in this area attended Enterpise, Plainview or Pottsboro. The town of Hagerman was founded in 1904 and it had a private school nearby that was meeting in a tent. It moved to church buildings and then the Hagerman District  and a building erected in 1907.
    Consolidated with Pottsboro in 1943.

    53. Hebron School District - north of Bells. Consolidated with Bells, its building moved to become the Bells School Gym., torn down in the late 1990s.
    35. Helvey School District -- south of Sherman; consolidated with Howe
          Hogtown School District ~ see Welch School District (south of Collinsville; between Collinsville and Tioga)
                    Hogtown School ~ 1900

    89. Hollingsworth School District- southwest of Denison (community was Ellsworth)
    29. Hunter School District - Range Creek
    86. Hyde Park School District - south Denison - SW Part  - NW Part
    Est. in 1891, consolidated with Denison.
    46. Ida School District - north of Tom Bean/ Kentuckytown area, established in the late 1800s.
    . Town Plat
    76. Independence School District - nicknamed "Arkansas School" - north of Gordonville
    Established late 1800's; consoidated with Gordonville.
    14. Jamison School District #14 - northeast of Van Alstyne
                       Jamison School group, year unknown
    49. Jernigan  School District - north of Ida - S portion 
    123. Jot School District - first name and district number of Gunter School. 
    44. Kentuckytown School District - between Tom Bean and Whitewright.  School held in a church until a building was built in 1850s. The school was destroyed by a tornado while in session in the 1860s; the teacher were killed. Consolidated with unknown school.

    32. Lincoln Park  School District (consolidated with Cleveland) 
    Locust School ~ located near Pottsboro


    114. Lovejoy School District ~ 8 miles east of Collinsville
    40. Luella School District - South West of  Sherman - NE part - Town Plat showing School Lot - (Cleveland District 13) - founded in the late 1800s. Schools that were consolidated with Luella were: Union Point and Paradise districts.  The Union Point School building was moved next to the Luella School for this consolidation and added on to. Later a brick school was built; It is still standing.
    67. Macomb  School District- southeast of Whitesboro - SE Part - East Part - North Side
    Macomb School was on land that is now added to the the Macomb Cemetery lot, which stood next to the school.. The school was started in the late 1800s. Consolidated with Whitesboro in 1939.
    Mantua School - no district number known (the settlement was mostly in Collin Co.) - merged with Van Alstyne
    128. Marchman  School District - Colored School, covered the area around Pilot Grove to Cannon.
    Maribelle School District - Unknown district number - Colored School - 6 Mi. E. of Sherman (1910)
    100. Martin Springs School District - North Part
    111. Mayrant  School District - West portion of Preston Bend, This school set close to the Mayrant (Potts Cemetery) . The Mayrant and the Eureka School (in the town of Preston) were consolidated in the early 1900s and a new building built across from the Preston Bend Cemetery and called Eureka School.
    113. McCollum School District - West of Bells- SW corner
    102. Mill Springs  School District
    127. Mt. Carmel School District ( I think this was West of Van Alstyne)
    75. Munger School District, 1896 - 1935 ~ east of Sandusky
                      Munger School
    70. Nance Prairie School District- North of Whitesboro
    79. Needle Ridge School District - (same number that is shown on Ambrose School District?)
    83. Oak Grove School District - West of Denison-SE Part - SE Corner - NE Part
    Est. in late 1800's , consolidated with Pottsboro in 1951.
    92. Oak Ridge School District - East of Denison-The school was located near the Oak Ridge Cemetery. It was est. in late 1800s
   
 
               Overtow

    2.  Oxford School District - West of Pilot Grove- Partial Oxford Schoolhouse was moved to Pilot Grove and served as the Pilot Grove Colored School after their building burned. 
    41. Paradise School District ( Holloway) south of Luella- Consolidated with Luella. 
    1.  Pilot Grove School  School District - called Grico district in early records. First teachers - M.Barbee, E.B. Barrett, Bryon Caraway, Ora Bell, Ralph Judd, Von McAlistair, Valda Smith, Alice Tilger and Georgia Robinson- Pilot Grove Town Plat
    Pilot Grove Colored School - no number known for it. Probably was under District No. 1
    Used until consolidated with Whitewright. Their building burned once and the Oxford Schoolhouse was moved and used.

                 Post Oak School ~ see Liberty School


          96. Pottsboro  School District  --  Pottsboro Town Plat
    51. Prairie View School District - south of Southmayd          
    Preston School - see  Eureka School District
    55. Providence School District - north of Luella
    72. Quillin - School District (see Sadler)

              Range Creek School (aka Bug Tussel School) - located in the Day Community, 5 miles west of Dorchester
             

                   Red Branch
    122. Shady Grove School District - portion West side of its plat 
    91. Shiloh School District - East of Denison 
    124. Skaggs School District - Gunter area .  Consolidated with Gunter 
    120. Stiff  School District - 6 miles east of Tioga, near Gunter- Consolidated with Gunter
                        School photo
                       Tom Thumb wedding, 1945 
                       Stiff Chapel, 1945-1947
    126. Sunflower School District
    45. Tom Bean School District

    Bosworth's Academy held in the 1880's was near Whitemound and Tom Bean
    38. Union Point School District -  east of Luella
    36. Whitemound School District -  west of Tom Bean

                Whitemound
    81. Whiterock School District - north of Sherman- West Side
    Known School Districts Numbers not placed yet, there are several schools above with number not known, they are likely one of these.
    103. , 131, 132 , 134 , 135
Sam A. Ragsdale's school tax receipt
Collinsville, Grayson Co., Texas
1874



The Dallas Morning News
February 14, 1886
The News in Brief
The school teachers of Grayson County met at Sherman and organized the Grayson County School Teachers' Association



This page is maintained by Elaine Nall Bay ©2012
If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable,