• Source: Training school (United States)

A training school, or county training school, was a type of segregated school for African American students found in the United States and Canada. In the Southern United States they were established to educate African Americans at elementary and secondary levels, especially as teachers; and in the Northern United States they existed as educational reformatory schools. A few training schools still exist, however they exist in a different context.




History



The training school movement began in 1911. The southern training schools were supported by northern philanthropists, roughly from 1910 to 1930. The Slater Fund supported many of the schools. Philanthropic organizations had their own criteria for funding support.
In the segregated Jim Crow South (roughly until the 1950s), schools for African Americans could not be high schools so they were called training schools and “emphasized vocational training and domestic science over academic subjects”. In the south they often served African American students from a large area and were often named county training schools. County training schools were established in Alabama starting in 1915. Training schools addressed the need for larger and better schools to supplement elementary education in small rural schools and helped meet the demand for teachers. They had an agricultural and industrial training ethos and required support and cooperation from local officials. Many schools were eventually renamed, and became high schools until desegregation when many were closed.
Training schools were also established in northern states and in Canada as educational reformatory schools.




List of U.S. training schools


Listed by southern or northern status, by state, and in alphabetical order by name




= Northern states

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Connecticut

Mansfield Training School and Hospital in Mansfield, Connecticut
Southbury Training School in Southbury, Connecticut and Roxbury, Connecticut



Iowa

Girls State Training School in Toledo, Iowa



Ohio

Hillcrest Training School in Cincinnati, Ohio; an extant reform school



Massachusetts

Hampden County Training School in Agawam, Massachusetts; established in 1916, a reformatory school for boys
Middlesex County Training School in North Chelmsford, Massachusetts; a reform school



Michigan

Wayne County Training School in Wayne County, Michigan



New Jersey

Vineland Training School in Vineland, New Jersey; first U.S. research facility devoted to studying mental deficiencies was established



North Dakota

State Training School in North Dakota; a reform school




= Southern states

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Alabama

Bibb County Training School in Centreville, Alabama
Chilton County Training School in Clanton, Alabama
Escambia County Training School in Atmore, Alabama
Lowndes County Training School in Hayneville, Alabama
Mobile County Training School in Mobile, Alabama



Arkansas

Chicot County Training School in Dermott, Arkansas
Dallas County Training School in Fordyce, Arkansas; built in 1934 with the Rosenwald Fund, the only high school serving African Americans in a four southern Arkansas counties until 1940
Fargo Training School in Fargo, Arkansas
General Education Board Training School in Lafayette County, Arkansas
Jefferson County Training School in Pine Bluff
Lafayette County Training School in Stamps, Arkansas
Little River County Training School in Ashdown, Arkansas



Florida

Carver Training School in Martin County, Florida
Dade County Training School in Dade County, Florida; from 1899–1937
Delray County Training School in Delray Beach, Florida
Jackson County Training School in Jackson County, Florida
Lake County Training School in Leesburg, Florida
Madison County Training School in Madison, Florida
Murray Training School in Martin County, Florida
Stuart Training School in Stuart, Martin County, Florida



Georgia

Carroll County Training School in Carrollton, Georgia
Fayette County Training School in Fayetteville, Georgia



Louisiana

DeSoto Parish Training School in Mansfield, Louisiana; succeeded by DeSoto High School
East Carroll Parish Training School in Lake Providence, Louisiana
Holy Ghost Training School in Opelousas, Louisiana; succeeded by Holy Ghost High School
Iberia Parish Training School in New Iberia, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish Training School in Lafayette, Louisiana
Natchitoches Parish Training School in Natchitoches, Louisiana
St. Landry Parish Training School in Opelousas, Louisiana
Tangipegoa Parish Training School in Kentwood, Louisiana
Tenses Parish Training School in St. Joseph, Louisiana
Webster Training School in Minden, Louisiana; succeeded by Webster High School



Mississippi

Amite County Training School in Gloster, Mississippi
Attala County Training School in Kosciusko, Mississippi
Claiborne County Training School
Columbia Training School
Harrison County Training School in Pass Christian, Mississippi
Holmes County Training School in Durant, Mississippi
Leake County Training School in Leake County, Mississippi
Lee County Training School in Tupelo, Mississippi; which became Carver High School (Tupelo, Mississippi)
Lincoln County Training School
Madison County Training School
Madison County Training School
Monroe County Training School in Amory, Mississippi
Neshoba County Training School
Noxubee County Training School in Shuqualak, Mississippi
Oktibbeha County Training School in Starkville, Mississippi
Pearl River County Training School in Picayune, Mississippi
Pike County Training School in Magnolia, Mississippi
Smith County Training School
Stone County Training School in Wiggins, Mississippi; the first secondary school for Black students in Stone County, Mississippi
Union County Training School in New Albany
Walthall County Training School in Lexie, Walthall County, Mississippi
Wilkinson County Training School
Winston County Training School in Louisville, Mississippi
Yazoo County Training School in Yazoo City, Mississippi; which became Yazoo City Training School and later N. D. Taylor High School



North Carolina

Anderson County Training School in North Carolina
Berry O’Kelly Training School in Method, North Carolina
Bladen County Training School in Elizabethtown, North Carolina
Buncombe County Boys' Training School in Asheville, North Carolina
Caswell County Training School in Caswell County, North Carolina; from 1933–1969
Cleveland County Training School in Shelby, North Carolina; a Rosenwald School near Wise, North Carolina
Franklin County Training School in Louisburg, North Carolina
Harnett County Training School in Dunn, North Carolina
Hyde County Training School in Sladesville, Hyde County, North Carolina
Lee County Training School in Lee County, North Carolina
Orange County Training School (OCTS) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; from 1916–1966
Stonewall Jackson Training School in unincorporated Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Warren County Training School in Wise, Warren County, North Carolina; a Rosenwald School
Wilmington Training School in Wilmington, North Carolina where Lewis Thomas Christmas served as principal



South Carolina

Allendale Training School in Allendale, South Carolina serving Allendale County (NRHP listed)
Clarendon County Training School
Darlington County Training School in Hartsville, South Carolina that became H. H. Butler High School
Laurens County Training School



Tennessee

Bedford County Training School for Negroes in Shelbyville, Tennessee; also named John McAdams High School during its existence
Chester County Training School in Henderson, Tennessee
Fayette County Training School in Somerville
Gibson County Training School in Milan, Tennessee; built in 1926 with financial support from the Rosenwald Fund
Hardeman County Training School in Whiteville, Tennessee
Haywood County Training School in Brownsville, Tennessee; which became George Washington Carver High School



Texas

Texas State Training School for Girls in Cooke County, Texas



Virginia

Albemarle Training School in Charlottesville, Virginia
Augusta County Training School in Cedar Green, Virginia
Buckingham Training School in Dillwyn, Virginia; a Rosenwald School
Greensville County Training School in Emporia, Virginia
Konnarock Training School in Konnarock, Virginia
Nansemond County Training School in Suffolk, Virginia
Princess Anne County Training School in Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County, Virginia




Canada


New Brunswick Training School a former youth detention centre in Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada




See also


Black school, the history of early Black education in the United States
General Education Board, a private organization to help support higher education and medical schools in the rural South
Manual labor college (1825–1860), a type of school that supplemented academics with labor
Normal school, an educational institution to train teachers
Training school (United Kingdom)
List of industrial schools
List of institutions providing special education facilities
Historically Black colleges and universities
List of historically black colleges and universities
Rosenwald Schools
Jeanes Foundation
List of former high schools in Louisiana




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