An extensive search on the internet turned up nothing about this school.We believe that it opened in the early 1900’s and when the Tanbark school closed in the Bonito, students attended this school.Several of the Robinson family attended school here before moving to the Portales area.
The area near the school was devastated by the Little Bear Fire in early summer of 2012; many building and homes were lost. The Little Bear Fire wildfire in New Mexico burned 44,330 acres and 254 buildings, making it the most destructive of human structures wildfire in the state's history. The previously most destructive fire was the Cerro Grande Fire. The fire began on June 4, 2012 from a lightning strike and quickly grew out of control due to dry windy conditions. There was no loss of life due to the New Mexico government being very proactive in notifying the general public about the fire .