In 1920-21, the Sandy Bottom School (the original name for Kings School) was built with funding assistance from the Rosenwald Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to building schools for African American students in the rural South. Kings School was built on this site in 1951. Students attending the consolidated Kings School, beginning in 1952, came from the Lake, Kings Point, Ballground, Blakely, Waltersville, National Cemetery, Brunswick, and Katzenmeyer schools. Kings School closed in 1985.