The Cedar Grove School was located at the Cedar Grove crossroads (Old Furnace Road and Route 720) across from the Cedar Grove Church. The land was deeded to the Central District School Board by Maria J. Liskey and others on April 10, 1883. The first session at Cedar Grove was the 1883-84 school session. The first known teacher at Cedar Grove was Annie Koontz who taught at Cedar Grove starting in 1890.

The list of known teachers at Cedar Grove are:

1890-91 Annie Koontz
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94 Simmie Henton
1894-95 Virginia A. Suter
1895-96 Nannie C. Cline
1896-97 Florence E. Taylor
1897-98 Florence E. Taylor
1898-99 P.H. Werner
1899-00 Nellie F. Lineweaver
1900-01 Nelia C. Sites
1901-02 Nelia C. Sites
1902-03
1903-04 Verdie C. Rhodes
1904-05
1905-06 Lena Brown
1906-07
1907-08
1908-09
1909-10 Palma Hoover
1910-11
1911-12 Gladys Lewin
1912-13 Grace G. Peters
1913-14 Mary C. Bruce
1914-15 Mamie Brown
1915-16 Ruth Alexander
1916-17 Dwight Layman (Grace Hottel)
1917-18 Florence Gochenour
1918-19 Isabel Halterman
1919-20 Dwight Layman
1920-21 Dena Layman
1921-22 Dena Layman
1922-23 Dena Layman
1923-24 Irene Zirkle
1924-25 Edna Spitler
1925-26 Lessie T. Mowbray
1926-27 Frances Miller
1927-28 Bonnie Nell
1928-29 Alda E. Garber
1929-30 Irene Heltzel

Cedar Grove closed after the 1929-30 school session and the students were transferred to Keezletown.

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