The Gleason school system has undergone many recent renovations in the past few years. Many citizens will remember the changes that have taken place physically over the many decades when the first school was put into place. The history spans over the last century and originally Gleason's first public school opened in 1906.

It began as a male and female institution. The name of the school was called the Masonic Male and Female Institute. At that time public school funds were limited to three months and citizens paid the tuition for their children. Tuition began at one dollar for the first grade students and increased to twenty five cents for each grade after through the eight grade. High school and college students paid three dollars to attend each semester.

By 1910 enrollment increased to 150 students, which prompted the addition of two new rooms. By 1913 the school became a full-fledged high school. Steadily increasing with enrollment on the rise, in 1928 the attendance increased to 350 students. A new building was put into place and ready for commencement ceremonies in May of 1929.

In the early 1930s the Parent Teacher Association converted the old school building into a gym. It was heated with the use of a pot-bellied wood burning stove and could quite possibly be considered the first gym in the county. The PTA began in the early 1920s and is still an active organization within the public school systems.

Between 1940 and 1950 the school began to grow and progress even more with enrollment numbering 425. A new building with six classrooms and a gymnasium were built in 1947. With the many improvements include installation of an intercommunication system, bus services for the students and a new Agriculture building. The building was bricked and major equipment was added. The Science Department was enlarged and modernized with new equipment.

A new school was built in 1981 and finished in 1983. It offered 32 classrooms, an Ag shop and a state of the art cafeteria.