Oldest Schools in California - 1847

1847

• The first English-language school in California opened at Mission Santa Clara in 1847. It was founded by Olive Mann Isbell, who started the school with 25 pupils in a small adobe at the Mission Santa Clara for $2 a month. The school later moved that spring to Monterey.

1848 Little Shasta Elementary Two Room School in Montague, California is still operating today. It houses approximately 30 students ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade.