The Brock's Creek School opened in the spring of 1908 on one acre of land deeded to the Linville District School Board by J. F. Shoemaker and wife (deed dated March 19, 1908). The building was a one room building built on one acre of land at a cost of $400. The Brock's Creek School was a consolidation of two older one-room schools: Cave Hill and Mountain Valley. The school was located about three and a half miles northwest of Singers Glen a short distance west of Frank's Store and Auto Service. . (Route 783). In 1915 a hallway and an additional room were added to the school. The primary grades were taught in the original room and the upper grades were taught in the new room. Nina Bibble has written a very interesting and informative history of the school, Memories Along Brock's Creek, where she gives detailed information about the students and teachers at the school.

Teachers at Brock's Creek were:

Spring 1908 Addie Ratliff
Fall 1908-10 Wilmer Whetzel
1910-12 M. J. Ritchie
1912-13 Claude Berry
1913-15 (two sessions) David Glovier
New room added
1915-16 David Glovier, Pearle Rodeffer
1916-17 Bessie McMullen, W. O. Mowbray
1917-18 Bessie McMullen, B. F. Spitzer
1918-19 A. K. McMullen, Margarite Bowman
1919-20 Susannah Randall, Courtney Rhodes
1922-23 Ruth Pence, Goldie Anderson

Apparently Ruth Pence did not finish the year and was replaced by Lena Showalter, who signed the final term report.

1923-24 Edna Landis, Mattie Showalter
1924-25 Fannie Garber, Flemmie Brown
1925-26 Russell Swank, Flemmie Brown
1926-27 C. C. Turner, Flemmie Brown
1927-28 Flemmie Brown, Hazel I. Moore
1928-30 (two sessions) Martha Holsinger, Annabel Rice
1930-32 (two sessions) Dorothy Smith, Annabel Rice

The Brock's Creek School closed in 1932 and the students were transported to Singers Glen.

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