03/09/2026
We can't wait for you to come experience a one-room schoolhouse! We open for the season on May 24!
๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ? โ๏ธ ๐
In 1912, Grant County was home to 15 high schools, five first-class graded schools, five second-class graded schools, and an impressive 201 one-room schoolhouses. Across Wisconsin, nearly 6,000 one-room schools once dotted the rural landscape.
In those early days, students of all ages gathered in a single room with one teacher guiding every lesson. As children grew older, they typically moved on to a high school serving a larger area. By the 1920s, motorized school buses made it easier for students to travel farther from home. Gradually, small one-room schools were consolidated into multi-room buildings where grades were separated. By World War II, most one-room schoolhouses had closed, remaining only in the most rural corners of the state. Today, many of those 19th-century school buildings have disappeared or fallen into disrepair.
Step back in time and experience this chapter of education history at Reed School. The site opens for the season in May and welcomes visitors Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Field trips are also available in May and June by reservation.
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๐ธ: Grant County, Wisconsin | September 1939 | WHI Image ID 24502
