Editing Odenville, Alabama (section)

==Education==

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Odenville's school was called Walnut Grove after the name of the town. It was organized shortly after the Hardin and Vandergrift families settled in the area in 1821. The school was built around 1864 and was a log, one-room school building built in 1864. It was heated by a fireplace and was constructed near today's Pennington Garage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://discoverstclair.com/traveling-the-backroads/lost-schools-st-clair/ | title=Lost schools of St. Clair | date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref> Odenville has had other community schools in the area since the middle of the 19th century, including the Friendship School, Low Gap School and Branchville School. The first public Odenville School, a wooden structure established by Mr. Jim Hardin and Thay Bayer, burned in 1907. Jim Hardin's school bell is in the Fortson Museum, which is located next door to the Odenville Public Library today. Students had to meet in churches during construction of a new school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://discoverstclair.com/traveling-the-backroads/lost-schools-st-clair/ | title=Lost schools of St. Clair | date=February 7, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cityofodenville.net/history | title=History }}</ref>
On July 18, 1908, the original St. Clair County High School building was constructed. A historic monument engraved with the names of the original county leaders responsible for the construction of this first high school stands in front of what is now Odenville Middle School.

Today Odenville Schools are a part of St. Clair County School District which include Odenville Elementary School, Odenville Intermediate School, Odenville Middle School, and St. Clair County High School. Margaret Elementary, located in the neighboring city of Margaret, AL feeds into St. Clair County Schools. Students may either attend Odenville Middle School and St. Clair County High School or Springville Middle School and Springville High School.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Home - St Clair Co School District | url=https://www.sccboe.org | access-date=2025-04-26 | website=www.sccboe.org}}</ref>