The first children of Dearfield attended school in the neighboring town of Masters, several miles up the road, learning alongside the children of the White farmers. Charl Chenney was the first Black student who started going to the Masters school in 1911. A few older boys, aged 17-20 joined him in the following years. The distance to the school in Masters proved difficult for many settlers. By 1918, with the rise of prosperity in Dearfield, and a growing number of school-age children in the district, the townsite established its own school. The school was ran out of the AME church building, and a part of Weld County School District no. 42. The school often had around 10-15 students in the one room school. However, attendance by Dearfield children depended on their other obligations to their farms and families. Occasionally non-Black students went to the Dearfield school as well. In a Red Cross Child Wellness Inspection that was ran in 1929, the school was deemed outstanding in terms of the cleanliness of the school, the manners and teeth of the 12 students attending at the time.
"Church in Dearfield, Colorado, ca. 1910s?" Paul Stewart Collection, SC106_02_0082, University of Northern Colorado Archives and Special Collections. https://digarch.unco.edu/photographs-1.
Deal, Lyn. "Dearfield: Once state's largest Black colony," The Fort Morgan Times, December 13, 2001. Series 6, Folder 12, Box 1, SC100, Carl Maag Collection, University of Northern Colorado Archives and Special Collections.
"Dearfield School students and teacher, 1915." Paul Stewart Collection, SC106_02_0232, University of Northern Colorado Archives and Special Collections. https://digarch.unco.edu/photographs-1.
"Negro Pupils at Dearfield Given Very High Rating." Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Colorado, Nov 6, 1929, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/image/27257807.
Picher, Margaret, "Dearfield, Colorado: A Story From The Black West," Masters of Arts Thesis, University of Denver, 1976. p. 92-95.