[4] The original schoolhouse still stands today and is located on an acre of land now part of Bellevue State Park.

[5] The community continued to grow and required a larger school, so in 1865, a new building was built near Mount Pleasant Methodist Church.

[4][8] Construction of a new high school building began in 1953 and, in September 1958, MPHS moved to its current location on Washington.

[4][9] The school celebrated its 175th anniversary in a series of events during homecoming weekend, October 14 and 15, 2005, including the inaugural Mount Pleasant Hall of Fame.

[12] Mount Pleasant is home to WMPH 91.7 FM, which began broadcasting on October 1, 1969, and was Delaware's only public high school radio station until Thomas McKean High School began broadcasting at WHMS 88.1 FM in 1998.