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Washingtonville School District serves Washintonville NY students in Washintonville Central School District.

Washingtonville Central School District is committed to the intellectual,
cultural, physical and emotional growth of our children in a safe and supportive environment.

In the late 1700's and early 1800's, the area in and around the Town of Blooming Grove was dotted with small, one-room schoolhouses where children of all ages would attend.  Children usually attended from the age of five to fifteen.  School was conducted only part of the school year and there would be several sessions because most children couldn't attend due to their being needed on the family farms.

Education was not free back then.  Parents had to pay tuition for their children to attend the school and teachers were instructed to keep a count of who brought in logs for fuel so an appropriate amount could be subtracted from that family's tuition fee.  Likewise, if a father helped in the building of the school house or did repairs to it, an appropriate amount would be deducted from that family's bill.

These one-room schoolhouses did not having running water or electricity.  In the colder months, the teacher would arrive early to start the fire in the stove so that the building would be warm by the time the children arrived.  All grades attended together and there was one teacher for all the children.  Several of those old school houses survive today and have been converted into private homes.

In 1812, the New York State Legislature passed the Common Schools Law which would give aid money to school districts who consolidated. That is when the one-room schoolhouses in the counties started to consolidate, finally building larger buildings to house more students.  In 1933, the present day Washingtonville Middle School was built as a Kindergarten through 12th grade building.  The school district was alternately School District #2, #5, #7 and went through many changes of boundaries and population throughout its history.