St. George’s public school history included the first free school at the corner of Whitridge and George Streets, later moved in 1884 to a two-story building near this site. In 1907 a new building replaced the first schoolhouse and housed grades 1–10. In 1927 St. George High School was built on the corner of Raysor and Ridge Streets adjacent to the 1907 building, which then became St. George Elementary. In 1936 the school district received a W.P.A. grant to build a new gymnasium. The high school remained in use until 1956, when a new school was built nearby, and the building then served as an elementary school until 1972. The 1907 school was closed in 1961 and razed in 1962. In 2000 Dorchester County renovated the 1927 high school building and converted it into a county service building.