The original building was leased and of weather board construction with a shingle roof.

The citizens of Goroke and district did not gain the present school complex with an unusual exertion of determination.

It began in 1881, nine years after the passing of the Education Act of 1872, when citizens of Pleasant Banks asked the Department to look favorably upon their request for a school.

James Houston was the first to enrol 8 boys and 10 girls at the Gymbowen School.

Norman McLeod was the first to enrol 8 boys and 12 girls at the Minimay School.

It then opened again on 1 March 1909 and closed on 11 September 1951 due to the school's buildings being condemned.