The Mountain Dale School was located on the Mountain Road (currently Route 613) about one-half mile north of Cootes Store on the east side of the road. The date of construction of the school is unknown but it is shown as Plains District School #26 on Lake's 1885 Atlas of Rockingham County. The school is also referred to in Plains District school records as the "Good Hope" school. When the Cootes Store school opened in October of 1913, the Mountain Dale School was closed and the teacher who had been assigned to Mountain Dale, William A. Flick, was assigned to the Cootes Store school.

Teachers known to have taught at Mountain Dale are:

1887-88 D. R. Blakemore

1908-09 E. V. Crist

1909-10 Clara Shockey

1910-11 Hallie Turner

1911-12 C. H. Coakley

1912-13 Frances Compton

1913-14 William A. Flick (transferred to Cootes Store- Mountain Dale School closed)

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