EARLY SUPERINTENDENTS OF HICKSVILLE SCHOOLS
FROM 1904 H.H.S. ANNUAL
1874ā75 ā H. B. Harris
1875ā77 ā F. J. Miller
1877ā79 ā O. B. Tanneyhill
1879 ā F. M. Priest (a few months)
1879ā82 ā T. Reese Milleson
1882ā84 ā C. A. Fyke
1885 ā C. W. Prettyman
1885ā89 ā S. L. Lutz
1889ā92 ā W. E. Bowman
1892ā1900 ā W. A. Salters
1900ā01 ā A. D. Rank
1901ā02 ā A. C. Bagnell
1902ā04 ā J. M. Beck
Information from the 1904 H.H.S. Annual and 1924ās Hicksville of Today
From their earliest histories, Hicksville and Hicksville Township were known for maintaining schools of a high grade. The township was divided into nine sub-districts, each with its own school board managing the concerns of its littleāand sometimes redāschoolhouse. In the village, Ranson Osborne taught the first school of five pupils, and a small frame structure located on the NW corner of High and Bryan Streets was cited as the first school building.

By 1874, a larger plot of land at the corner of Smith and Main Streets was obtained for the purpose of building a larger school for the townās growing population. The first graduating exercises were held in 1881 under the superintendency of T. Reese Milleson at the first M. E. Church on Main Street. Mr. Milleson resigned shortly before the next yearās graduation, and the class of 1882 did not receive their diplomas for more than ten years when ceremonies were held in August of 1892. Despite an addition to the original $15,000 four-room brick structure, it was obsolete within 22 years and torn down.


[Ed. Note: Despite the lingering effects of the Depression, Hicksville citizens built a new high school in 1939 with the addition of a junior high and gymnasium wing ready in time for the graduating class of 1967. An elementary school was constructed at the corner of North Bryan and Arthur Streets in the mid-1950ās. Voters in 2005 passed levies needed to consolidate the Hicksville Schools at the east edge of town in what was once George Wildersonās orchard.]