Leland Grove School was one of a few American Indian schools in South Carolina, built about 1926 as a one-room school. It averaged about 50 American Indian students a year from the Carolinas community and other areas of Dillon and Marlboro Counties. In 1940 the facility was expanded with the addition of a second room. James Knox Braboy (1906-1976), a Lumbee Indian and native of North Carolina, served as principal, teacher, and custodian from 1934 to 1970. In 1970 he was named South Carolina Teacher of the Year for his dedication to his students. Before the county bought a bus, he walked them to school across the McInnis Bridge over the Little Pee Dee River, then drove the bus for many years. The school closed after the 1969-1970 school year with the desegregation of South Carolina schools.