After three years of service, the first school house caught fire and burned to the ground.  That year, 1836, a larger and better school house was built out of hewn logs and was covered with "oak shakes".  This school was located near Walled lake Drive and Liberty Streets, on the highest ground in Walled Lake at that time. 

Back when the Walled Lake District School started there were no real school books like now.  Instead they used books such as: The Lindley Murray's English Reader, Webster's Blue Back Speller, The Blue Paper Back Almanac, a Farmer's Magazine and a Pontiac or Detroit Newspaper.

In 1860, on the same plot of land, a new 30x40 foot stone schoolhouse replaced the wood one.  The new building was made of native stones, which were broken and laid in quick lime mortar.  There was a wood burning stove which sat in the center of the school house.  The teacher's desk was on a raised platform in the front of the room.  The schoolhouse was built by Jacob L. Moore.   School started in fall and ended in spring.  School was from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., dinner was one hour long and a 15 minute recess once in the morning and once in the afternoon.  The teachers in the District School were not professionally trained.  The board of the school hired some young men or women who had a district school education in the East.  Women would get a salary of six to eight dollars a month.  Men would get a salary of twelve to sixteen dollars a month.  Every year the standards were raised.  Teachers with the higher and better education would get the teaching job instead of the less-educated people since 1860.  To become a teacher, Joseph B. Moore, had to spend three winters in Hillsdale College.  He taught there from 1868-1869.  Other teachers who taught at the stone school include: Sadie E. Bicking, Riley Keith, and Frank Erwin.  At one time the school had the reputation of being the best district school in Oakland County. 

In 1895 another school house was built to help with the over-crowding the Stonecrest had.  The new school house was a two-room schoolhouse with two teachers.  This school was named "Standard School."  It was located on the West end of the Village.  The building was sold to the Masonic Temple because the School District was getting to the point where it needed a new, large, modern building, and also went consolidated.

In 1921, construction of a large, modern, fine brick building was started.  The building was completed in 1922.  The building housed the elementary grades and the High School.  The architect was Emrcy E. Mills of Detroit and the contractor was the Wesson Co. of Detroit.  The school was supported by "rate" bills.  The school was known as District #1 Fractional.

In 1923 Walled Lake got its first school bus, Bus 23-01.  The school bus driver was Earl Garner.

Sources:  Mary Weborg; Story of a Village Community by H.O. Severance; John Moffat