School History presented by Savona HS Alumni Assoc. [includes some pictures]

An 1830 map shows the District No. 1 School, said to be a log cabin, located near the four corners. In 1830, a 2 story, 4 room, new school was built. The old school was torn down and used in local housing.
Source: Village of Savona Website

In 1862 there was a village school. A Union school district was organized in 1891. The first graduate was in 1895. In 1931-1932, Savona Central High School on Lamoka Ave, Savona, NY opened. In 1948 the school was updated with an addition. The previous school was torn down and the land used for the current Town Hall, Library, and Fire Dept. Source of this paragraph: history.rays-place.com

The first school districts in the Town of Bath were laid out in 1813 at a meeting in widow Trovinger’s Tavern at Mud Creek, and Mud Creek (Savona) was designated District No. 1. Districts were small so that the children could walk to class and the schools were usually one or two rooms. Other nearby schools included Eagle Valley, Green Hill, Sonora, Irish Hill, Wolf Run, West Hill, Oak Hill, Peterson Lake, and the Grove School on Savona’s West Side. An 1830 map shows the District No. 1 School, said to be a log cabin, located near the four corners.


A new frame one-room schoolhouse was built in 1848 on a lot purchased from Thomas and Michael Corbitt and adjacent to Elisha McCoy’s land; a second room was added in 1869. By the mid 1880’s this school was severely overcrowded, so a new 2 story, four room school (shown in the picture) was built on the same lot. The old school was moved away in two sections and is now part of houses located at 23 Orchard Street and 36 McCoy Street

In 1891 the district school was changed to a union free school, with a Board of Education and an academic department (which meant adding a junior high or middle school, until 1898, when high school was offered). The school never had an auditorium or gymnasium. Programs, graduations and sporting events were usually held in the Opera House (above Kings’ Market) or on the second floor of the Central Garage (the large stone barn on Main Street). After the new Savona Central School building opened in 1832, the old school on McCoy Street was torn down. The lot is now the site of the Village Hall, Fire Department and the Savona Free Library.

Source [above school info is quoted from Village of Savona.com site]:

Savona's Grove Street School (Bath District 20). The Grove School 1843-1930
Source: Early Savona School

The West Hill School was on County Route 12 across from the Waters Road intersection. It was absorbed by Savona Central and closed about 1940. The building itself may have been moved and used as an addition to a nearby house.

The last graduating class from Savona Central High School in Savona, NY was in the Spring of 1992. In the Summer of 1992, Savona and Campbell merged Middle and High Schools and the Savona students went to Campbell-Savona Central High School located in Campbell, NY. The Savona Central High School became the Savona Elementary School in the Fall of 1992.
Source of this paragraph: Campbell-Savona Alumni Assoc. Website