This information is a work in progress at all times! If you have any information that would be helpful to us in collecting documentation about our district's history, please contact Cheri Gossett at 270-247-8299.
| 1900-1910 |
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1908: Mayfield Independent City School District was established on July 1, 1908 with the selection and meeting of its first Board Members, organized by Mr. W.J. Webb.
The first official school year as an independent school district was the 1908-1909 school year. |
| Schools and their locations at this time were as follows: |
| Dunbar Colored School |
Location:In a home on Water Street |
Independent Negro School, advised to joined with City Schools to receive better funding from the State |
| Old W KY College |
Location: 112 West College (Current location of Mayfield Middle) |
Mayfield purchased the Old West KY College so that it would not be in competition with the high school.It was owned by the Christian Churches. |
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1909: The three “graded wards” were built in 1909 at a cost of $3,500 each.Each one was two story, with eight classrooms, an office and two playrooms in the basement. These wards housed students through the 6th grade.
In these grade schools, grades 1-4 were on the first floor; grades 5-6, the library and the kitchen were on the second floor.
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| Mayfield High School moved to Old W KY College Building. This school housed students beginning in the 7th grade. |
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| 1920-1929 |
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| 1921: The new Dunbar school was constructed in the south-west part of town (assuming on the lot where the bus garage is today). This was a two story brick building with the elementary school on the lower level and the high school upstairs. |
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1927: W.J. Webb Jr. High School Constructed at 112 West College Street.
T.P. Smith Auditorium and Gymnasium for the colored was constructed on South 12th Street by the Dunbar School. |
| 1950-1959 |
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| 1954: Old Longfellow School (on current MMS campus) was called the Wells building and turned into the Band Building for the High School |
| 1958: Dunbar was closed and schools were integrated, by Court Order. |
| 1970-1979 |
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1974: Mayfield High School moved to the new (and current)building and Mayfield Middle School began in the old Webb building.
Ray Warmath became the first principal of MMS. |
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1980-1989
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1986: Current MMS building was constructed and opened. All that remained of old building and was remodeled was gym, auditorium and basement.
2017: Added 5th Grade wing to MMS, because MES needed more space. MMS also started picking students up and taking them home each day on buses. MMS is now 5th-8th grade.
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