In 1886, the first settlers on the Island of Palm Beach built a one room school that still stands on the island as the oldest school in southeast Florida. Students were transported by boat until the school closed in 1901 and was relocated in West Palm Beach. Other one room schools were established along the shores of Lake Worth. As student numbers increased in grades one to twelve, the need for a central school with a high school led to the opening of a school in 1901 on Dixie Highway between Clematis and Datura streets. Students traveled there by bus, train, and boat. The high school was named Palm Beach High School, and the first documented graduating class was in 1907. The schools moved to this site in 1908 and became known as “The School on the Hill.” In 1909, when Palm Beach County was founded, the prior school building in downtown West Palm Beach became the first county court house. Palm Beach High School achieved recognition as one of the first high schools in the state of Florida. After the last graduating class in 1970, the school was renamed Twin Lakes High School. After the closure of the high school in 1988, the buildings were restored in 1997 for use as a school of the arts.