Among early families in the Morven District, home schooling prevailed. After 1865, small academies were supported by private means with limited public funds. Morven Academy, founded by Dr. Robert Hitch, had local and boarding students for twenty years. About 1900, other small schools were merged with it to form the Morven School, located about two hundred yards east on Mill Pond Creek. It was replaced by a two-story brick building in 1914-15, financed by a bond issue, and the north wing was added about 1923. Short terms were common during the Depression years. In 1935-36, a one-story brick building to the south was erected, and these buildings served a growing student body. Students from Barney and East Side were added in the 1940's. The high school closed in 1959. Racial integration occurred in 1970, and enrollment dropped. The buildings were last used for regular classes in 1993, when a new campus opened elsewhere. Since 1995, alumni have worked to restore and adapt the buildings to community uses.