The land for the Port Republic Colored School was deeded to the Stonewall District School Board of November 3, 1881 by A. D. Armentrout and wife. The school was located a short distance east of the railroad depot and is indicated on Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. The earliest teachers at the Port Republic Colored School are unknown. The Port Republic Colored School was closed in 1920. Teachers known to have taught at Port Republic (Colored) are:

1881-90 (ten sessions) J. A. Jenkins

1890-91 James H. Johnson

1891-93 (two sessions) J. A. Jenkins

1893-94 Dora Gassway

1894-95 Jeannie B. Hughes

1895-96 John H. Terrell

1896-97 Roberta Cooper

1897-98 Alice M. Jenkins

1898-1901 (three sessions) Maggie V. Newman

1901-02 F. W. Newman

1902-03 Charles E. Wilson

1905-06 Fannie M. Wilson

1906-07 Hattie E. Newman

1907-08 (unknown)

1908-09 Virginia Green

1909-10 Mary H. Patterson

1910-11 (unknown)

1911-12 Bertha A. Nelson

1912-14 (two sessions) Jeremiah B. Arter

1914-15 Lelia M. Jackson

1915-16 Lelia M. Jackson

1916-17 Gertrude Morris

1917-18 Erlena Elliott

1918-19 Rebecca Hale

1919-20 Mildred Lee

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