Grainger County Schools

Photo: Black Fox School around 1905  Photo credit: Jeanette Hubbs Simpson

Madison Academy

Tennessee Act to distribute academy monies (1840) Link

The Madison Academy Rutledge, Tenn has now become a public high school (Source:The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine, Volumes 1-2, Robert Love Taylor, John Trotwood Moore, Thornwell Jacobs,Taylor Publishing Company, 1905, p. 184) Link

The Annual County Institute for Grainger County was held in Madison Academy at Rutledge June 25- 30. The attendance was the largest since my election as County. Superintendent six years ago, and the interest was the best I have ever seen in this county. The Grainger Teachers Association was reorganized with Prof Sam R Wester chairman and Prof AE Dunsmore secretary. Every teacher in the county is a member of this association. Our teachers study White's Pedagogy, White's School Management, and the Little Schoolmistress. /p>

In Grainger County we hold educational rallies in every district during the school term and we find that this is doing a great deal to bring about a better interest and co-operation of parents, directors, and members of the County Court. The attendance in some districts is not what it ought to be, and it is the opinion of our people that the only way to remedy this is to have a compulsory school law passed for this county. We have some very good houses for country schools, but we need more good houses and fewer schools. Our school term is now five months, when but a few years since, we only had public school from three to four months in the year. Teachers salaries have advanced from $20 and $25 per month to $30 and $40 within the last few years. The County Superintendent's salary has advanced from $150 to $400 within the last five years.

Grainger County needs a county high school and it is hoped that the new County Court will take up this matter at once and levy a tax as provided by law to establish at least one high school. We need the Montgomery County school law in Grainger County very much as the director system is a failure here.

HG FARMER, County Superintendent (Source:Annual Report of ... State Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Scholastic Year ending June 30, 1906, Tennessee. Dept. of Public Instruction, 1906, p.321)

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School List

Alum Springs School/p>

Avondale School (36.30778, -83.46111)

Barley Bend (36.10278, -83.68583)

Bean Station (36.33389, -83.35222)

Bean Station, 4 room brick building

Beech Grove (36.36611, -83.47083)  

Belle View School (36.26944, -83.68583)

Briar Fork School* (Bean Station)

Brown School (36.14639, -83.68139)

Buffalo School (36.14639, -83.68139)

Bridgeport School*(Cracker Neck section)

Buffalo School (36.21333, -83.5625)

Center View (36.32778, -83.57111)

Central Point (36.25417, -83.48889)

Chestnut School (36.31833, -83.31861)

Clinch Mountain School (36.34028,-83.3875)

Clinchview (36.39667, -83.33472)

Crosby School (36.28667, -83.29389)

Dotson School (36.33528, -83.49889)

Dutch Valley (36.34417, -83.56861)

Elm Springs School (36.33556, -83.60056)

Fairview School (36.38389, -83.35833)

Hammer School (36.24667, -83.52139)

Helton School, also called New Prospect* (Honey Creek)

Helton School (36.2825, -83.39306)

Indian Creek School (36.16833, -83.60806)

Kirkland (36.31833, -83.29417)

Lakeview (36.30917, -83.29472)

Liberty Hill School (36.31556, -83.62083)

Liberty Hill School (36.4075, -83.35944)

Limestone School (36.2875, -83.47806)

Little Valley (36.17667, -83.66611)

Lizzard Ridge School (36.31889, -83.31944)

Morgan School (36.24583, -83.44694)

Morgan School (36.20083, -83.61583)

Mullins School 36.36167, -83.29333)

Narrow Valley School (36.27083, -83.42306)

Noeton School* (frame building near 36.29944, -83.333330)

Perrin Hollow School (36.14889, -83.63639)

Powder Springs School (36.25528, -83.67)

Prospect School (36.28556, -83.39528)

Puncheon Camp School (36.31278, -83.53889)

Red House School (36.20472, -83.66111)

Richland School (36.13667, -83.66444)

Riverview School* (Bean Station)

Rush Strong School (36.15528, -83.70639)

Rutledge Elementary (36.28056, -83.50917)

Rutledge High School (36.27361, -83.53611)

Rutledge Middle (36.35194, -83.43056)

Thorn Hill School (36.35194, -83.43056)

Washburn (36.29333, -83.58944)

Grainger County Schools