For two years, classes were held in a house at the corner of San Carlos Avenue and Elm Street, where City Hall is located today.
Gertrude Hind, a graduate of San Francisco Teacher's College, taught twenty students in eight grades.
[6] San Carlos voters narrowly approved a District plan to construct a new, $11,000 school at the site, allowing space for four classrooms.
The school's auditorium housed social events for the community, organized by town founder and real estate developer Fred Drake.
The District appointed a Superintendent to oversee the growth, a role first held by Clark Robinson, then Ruth Melendy and Albert Beardsley.
Eleanor Thronson, a registered nurse, served San Carlos schools from December 1926 to June 1965.