School classes in this vicinity began in 1882 in the home of a hired teacher, whose salary was paid by the only two area families with children. In 1893, William and Lou Wharton provided land for a one-room schoolhouse to serve the growing local ranching families. Originally located about one mile southeast of the present Texas Highway 41 and U.S. Highway 83 intersection, the building was moved to the Emil Leinweber Ranch in 1905 to be nearer the area's school-age children. The school year lasted only as long as area families could afford to pay a teacher. In 1909, seeking a more consistent system, residents accepted Fred B. Klein's proposal to create the Divide Common School District, named for a long ridge separating the watersheds of the Llano River to the north and the Guadalupe River to the south and east. Serving families across a vast part of western Kerr County, the dispersed community built a new school building on the Dee Hughs Ranch and established a tax-supported, nine-month school year for students through the sixth grade. In 1936, several years after the state built Highway 41, district trustees built a new schoolhouse at this location on the F.B. Klein Ranch and named it the Divide School. From its beginnings in the 1880s, the school included vast ranch acreage but no towns or cities within its boundaries. The district became independent in 1988 and continues to serve families of western Kerr County.