In 1957, during the period of Jim Crow segregation, the Union County School Board decided to build a new school in Lake Butler, Florida, consolidating all the surrounding Black schools of the county. Beforehand, Black children were bused to A.L. Mebane School and other schools in surrounding counties in Florida. Built on a 15-acre site at a cost of $219,000 on the west side of town facing US Highway 121, now 6th Street, the school initially taught grades 1-10 and later added grades 11-12. Mrs. Ruth Mildred Jenkins served as principal of the newly formed Consolidated High School. Its mascot was the Blue Devil, and its colors were royal blue and white. Consolidated High School had one of the strongest math and science departments in the state, received state and national awards, and had a 41-voice chorus featured on The Ken Knight Show in Jacksonville. Other activities included girls and boys school patrols, football, basketball, track, and student government. In the spring of 1968, when all the schools in the county were desegregated, Consolidated High School became Lake Butler Elementary School.