Public and Private Schools of Cabarrus County
Cedar Grove – Historical
Pleasant Grove – Historical
Grammar / Elementary
Adcock Elementary
submitted by Connie Cook-Schagunn, whose father Frank Cook, is in 1st row, 3rd boy from the left.
Bell’s Mission Elementary (AA)
submitted by Alice Stewart
Bellfonte Elementary (AA)
submitted by Alice Stewart
Cline
Columbus Chapel Elementary (AA)
submitted by Alice Stewart
Coltrane – Webb (on Spring St)
Corban Street
Central Grammar
Ebenezer Elementary (AA)
submitted by Alice Stewart
Jackson Park Elementary
submitted by Connie Cook-Schagunn
Kannapolis
Kannapolis, 1915 1st grade
submitted by Zelia Cline
Kannapolis, 7th grade, 1922
submitted by Zelia Cline
Long Grammar – established by Rev. Frank Long
Primary – Concord
Public School (AA) — [no other name]
Rocky River Elementary School
Weddington Hills Elementary School
Junior High
Central Primary
High School
Logan – (AA) [became Logan High School in 1924]
J W Cannon High School
Central Cabarrus High School – established 1966 by merging 3 area high schools: Bethel, Harrisburg & Hartsell
Cox Mill High School – opened 2009 in the Odell Community
Hickory Ridge High School – established 2007 in Harrisburg
Mt Pleasant High School – established 1928, reopened 1992
Northwest Cabarrus High School – established 1966
Jay M Robinson High School – established 2001
Consolidated
Bethel School – Township #10
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Shankletown (AA)- Concord (in area called Shankletown).
Logan — originally Concord Colored School, started by Rev. Frank Thomas Logan 1891; in 1924 became Logan High School
Deaton – Robert Mathias Ritchie (of Rowan County) taught here 1907-1911
Harris Chapel – Robert Mathias Ritchie (of Rowan County) taught here 1903-1906
Eudy
Winecoff
Bethel
Harrisonburg
Mt Pleasant
W R Odell – established 1929
Hartsell
Union School – Concord
College
Barber-Scotia College
founded Jan 1867 by Rev Luke Dorland.
North Carolina College – (later Mt Pleasant Collegiate)
Other
Zion Wesley Institute (AA)- The A. M. E. Zion Church had long desired an institution for a thorough education of its children, and accordingly a school under the auspices of the North Carolina Conference was started in 1879 in the town of Concord, N. C. It was incorporated under the name of Zion Wesley Institute, and after two sessions, depending upon collections from the churches of that conference, it was forced to close its doors. Therefore it was in May, 1881, when it became apparent that the school must close, then being taught by Prof. A. S. Richardson. The Ecumenical Conference of the Methodist Church was held this year in England, and in this month of May. Bishop J. W. Hood, D. D., who was president of the Board of Trustees of the Institute, and Rev. J. C. Price, with other representatives of the Zion Church, were in attendance.
Bishop Hood, recognizing the ability of Dr. Price, who was then a young man just out of school, prevailed upon him to become an agent for the school and to remain in England after the close of the conference. During the conference Dr. Price made himself famous among the delegates and visitors as an eloquent orator, and after its close had no trouble in getting before the English people, who welcomed him everywhere and responded to his appeals in a sum amounting to $9,100. This, of course, was great encouragement to the Trustees and the Church. The congregation of the Zion Church, in Concord, offered 7 acres of land for a site to erect buildings and locate the school permanently. But the trustees decided that Salisbury would be a more favorable place, and the school was located in that city. The name was changed to Zion Wesley College and later to Livingstone College.
Mt Pleasant Female Seminary – Mt Pleasant (See Mt Amoena)
Bethel Academy – Clear Creek
Classical – Concord
Classical – Poplar Tent
Cannon – private preK to 12th
Concord Male Academy – Concord
Concord Female Academy – Concord
Music School – Concord
Rocky River Academy – Harrisburg
Scotia Seminary (female – colored) – Concord — later became Barber-Scotia College
St John’s Academy – Mt Pleasant
Poplar Tent Academy
Jackson Training School – state school for indigent boys
Mixed School – Springsville
1884 – Miss Sallie J Robinson
Mt Pleasant Collegiate Institute – North Carolina College — a Lutheran College for men which closed in 1902 and later became Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute
Parochial School — financed by the Missouri Lutheran Synod
Mt Amoena Seminary – est 1859 (all girls). The Lutheran synod decided to provide education for girls and opened the Mt. Pleasant Female Academy in 1858. The name was eventually changed to the Mount Amoena (Latin for Mt. Pleasant) Female Seminary. Cost to attend the school, including room and board, generally ran $135-170 per year. For that price, students could study math, English, spelling, history, geography, writing, Latin, and natural sciences. The school burned in 1911. The citizens of Mt. Pleasant along with the North Carolina Lutheran Synod raised money to rebuild the school, reopening it in 1913. The school finally closed in 1927.
White Hall Seminary
