 Estcourt High School, being a country school, pioneered agriculture as a school subject and also gave instruction in both English and Afrikaans.Estcourt High School was founded in 1924 from the upper forms of the Estcourt Government School when it was split into two.After a number of attempts to establish private schools had failed due to lack of support, the town's first government school, the Estcourt Government School was established in 1886 with an initial role of 45 children.