The School district was organized July 10, 1884 by E.E. Henderson, county superintendent. Named officers were:
Emery T. Guptill, clerk
George H. Estabrook, director
Sam Peabody, treasurer.
School No. 1 or the Hamilton School was built on section 32. Later on it was moved into Carrington and used as part of a house.
School No. 2 or the Halaas School was built on Section 26. In 1900 Miss Zerlina Eaken taught this school. She was very interested in nature. She tried to instill an interest in the child the beauties of nature. She brought butterflies to the schoolroom so that the students could watch them obtain nectar from the houseplants. In the spring she brought water from the slough that contained some frog eggs. It was with eyes of wonder, that the children saw the eggs turn into tadpoles and then the tadpoles to frogs. This school was bought by Clarence Miller.
School No. 3 or the Nelson school was built on section 11.
On March 12, 1918 the schools in Estabrook were consolidated and a facility was built on section 21. In 1920 a ninth grade was added; in 1925 they had ten grades, and in 1930 they offered three years of high school. Basketball was an important activity. The enrollment started to decline by 1938 when they cut back to eight grades.
The Estabrook School closed on November 4, 1973 and the students were then sent to Carrington. Dissolution of the district was completed on July 1, 1975. The building still stands on the same spot.
Estabrook Township once had a club called the Live Wires Literary Society organized among the young people of the community. Meetings were held every Friday evening in the consolidated school. Many different programs were presented. One newspaper account in November 1917 stated that the program would be a discussion on the organization of the township as well as a violin duet, readings, songs, and the debate.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 273