The Cedar Center School was located near Amberly in Central District. The school was located on the east side of the road leading north from the Singers Glen Road toward Green Hill. (currently Route 761). The date of construction of the original school is unknown but it is indicated in Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County as the Cedar Grove School. It is unknown whether this is the original name for the school or whether the atlas was in error. All school records indicate that it was called Cedar Center School as early as 1894. The name could possibly have been changed to distinguish this school from another Cedar Grove School in the eastern part of Central District. The school was a one-room frame building. On August 1, 1896, land was deeded to the Central District School Board by Sarah J. Hinegardner and husband on the west side of the road opposite the original school and a new school was built. This school served as a school until 1934 when the Cedar Center school was closed and the students transported to Mount Clinton. The building has been converted into a home and is currently (1997) the residence of Courtney and Nadine Dove.

Teachers known to have taught at Cedar Center are:

1894-95 W. D. Good
1895-96 Carrie E. Rodeffer
1896-97 Berta F. Miller
1897-98 Nelia C. Sites
1898-1900 (two sessions) Nora M. Custer
1900-01 Katie Lee Ralston
1901-02 Frank H. Showalter
1902-03 (unknown)
1903-04 H. L. Lineweaver
1904-05 (unknown)
1905-06 F. P. Myers
1906-11 (five sessions) (unknown)
1911-12 Mary Womack
1912-13 Olive Linhoss
1913-14 Vada Mercer
1914-15 Olive Linhoss
1915-16 Nora Armentrout
1916-17 Maude Clark
1917-18 Nora Armentrout
1918-24 (six sessions) Mrs. E. N. Gowl
1924-25 Mildred Myers
1925-26 Pauline Baker
1926-27 Bonnie Neff
1927-28 Frances M. Miller
1928-32 (four sessions) Mrs. E. N. Gowl
1932-34 (two sessions) Elva E. Miller

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