Schools in Washington County

Historical Schools

Martin Academy – founded in 1780 by Samuel Doak; renamed Washington College  Academy, 1795 – date
Martin Academy (boys’ school) – 1816-1862
Johnson City Institute – 1891-1894
Jonesborough Female Academy – 1833-1852
Odd Fellows Female Academy – 1852-1925
Fall Branch Seminary – 1842-1865
Jonesborough Female College – 1865-1873
Warner Institute (school for freed blacks) – 1873; until implementation of state public school law
Science Hill Debating Society – 1864; renamed Science Hill Seminary in 1866; became Science Hill High School

Other Early Schools

Bethesda School
Booker T. Washington, — to 1964
Boones Creek Seminary
Brown’s School House
Campbell’s School House
Castle Heights Military Academy, 1929–1932
Chalybeate Springs School
Douglas
Dungan School (Holston Male Institute)
Franklin Academy
Lamar Presbyterian School
Langston, 1893 – 1964
Laurel Hill Academy
Waterloo
Woolwine School (Dunbar), 1907 – 1910

MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

 County system began in 1873. City system began in 1907

WASHINGTON COUNTY RURAL SCHOOLS

Alleghaney
Asberry
Austin Springs
Barnes
Berea
Bernard
Boones Creek Elementary
Boones Creek High School
Bowmantown
Buchannan
Campbells
Cherokee Heights
Chestnut Grove
Claxton
Columbia
Conklin
Craigmiles
Davy Crockett
Dry Creek
Embreeville
Enon
Eureka (in Asbury Community)
Evening Star
Fairview
Fall Branch Elementary
Fall Branch High School
Glendale
Grand View
Grays
Greenwood
Hales
Hodges
Jackson
Jonesboro Colored
Keeblers
Lamar Elementary
Lamar High School
Liberty
Limestone
Matson
McKinley
McNeils
Mitchell Springs
Mount Carmel
Mt. View
New Era
New Salem
New Victory
Oak Glenn
Oak Hill
Oak Grove
Oak Springs
Philadelphia
Piney Mount
Princeton
Seminary
Seviers
Sinking Creek
Sulphur Springs Elementary
Sulphur Springs High School
Telford
Unaka View
Valley View
Washington College Elementary
Washington College High School
Watauga Flats
Woodlawn

Contributed by: Linda Aileen Carriger Dillow

HIGHER EDUCATION
East Tennessee State Normal School estab. in 1911
East Tennessee State Teachers College in 1924
State Teachers College in 1930
East Tennessee State College in 1943
East Tennessee State University since 1963