HIGH ROCK SCHOOL

The High Rock Elementary School was a one-room school building built circa 1925 [1]. It served African American students of the Efland District. In 1936, 22 students were in attendance [2].

The school was consolidated with Efland-Cheeks Elementary School when it opened in 1951. The property and building was reverted to its previous owner [3].

(Image via the McAdoo family via Rosetta Austin Moore)

Alice McAdoo teaching at the High Rock School (image via the McAdoo family via Joe Dunn)

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[1] Moore, Rosetta Austin. The Impact of Slavery On the Education of Blacks in Orange County, North Carolina: 1619-1970. Lulu, 2015; Peter Sandbeck, personal communication.

[2] Director of Public Instruction, Study of Orange County Schools, 1936 (via Peter Sandbeck)

[3] Moore, Rosetta Austin. The Impact of Slavery On the Education of Blacks in Orange County, North Carolina: 1619-1970. Lulu, 2015.