I was keen to answer this until I realised that I already answered a year and a half ago.
John Coffee Hays, Texas Ranger and founder of Oakland CA.
My schools were named for the zip codes/neighborhoods they occupied.
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Just looked it up.
Two brothers sold a parcel of land to the county for the purposes of building a school. They made naming the school after their grandfather a condition of the sale. No idea if grandpa ever did anything noteworthy other than own this farmland.
Same here. So I’ll just say my jr high and high schools are still named after a Native American war chief who burned our town to the ground.
My university was named after its geographical location, which is now an anachronism.
My grammar school was named after William Harvey, who described the circulatory system.
The area I live in was heavily settled in the '50s by returning soldiers. Most of the streets are named after well known WWII figures and theatres of war.
The four streets surrounding my primary school were: Truscott, Ryrie, Edmondson and Morshead and the school itself was Trustcott Street Public School (after Keith “Bluey” Truscott).
The other schools I went to were named after the suburb they were in: West Ryde Public School and North Ryde High. A bit boring, really.
Elementary–Mckinley. Named after the street upon which it stood.
Jr. High–Swanson–as in Claude. Gov, Sen. It was Virginia.
HS–Washington-Lee. Need I say more.
John Coffee? Spellt like the drink?
My school was named after the Spanish don who donated the land for the school to be built (in Southern California). Don Adolfo Camarillo.
Our mascot was a Scorpion, named after the fighter planes then (1950’s) in use at Oxnard Air Force Base.
I was idly skimming through this thread looking for anyone I had attended high school with. I saw this and went “Yay! Wait…who the fuck is John Hay?”
I went to John Jay HS. First Supreme court Chief justice. :smack: Also big on emancipation and VERY anti-slavery.
In Latham NY:
Kindergarten at St. Ambrose Catholic School, named after the bishop of Milan in 4th century AD. Sister Mary HolyWater was darned good at chucking the eraser clear across the room and bonking me on the forehead. OK, I exaggerate - Father forgive me, for I have sinned…
Latham Ridge Elementary, named after the street, Latham Ridge Road.
In West Hartford CT:
Alfred E. Plant Jr High
William H. Hall High School
I have no clue who those guys were, and it hasn’t been easy looking it up, either. If I figure it out, I’ll post an update.
USMC Staff NCO Academy at Camp Geiger, NC, named after General Roy Stanley Geiger, the first Marine to lead an army, in WWII.
My first elementary school (K-2) was named after Clara Barton.
My Middle School was named after Frank L. Wiley. I have no idea who he was, and Google only leads me to the school.
All other schools were named after the communities they were in.
And of course, The Ohio State University was named after some guy named “The.”
Charlemagne (He favored scholars, that’s why he got schools named after him)
Elementary- the man who used to own the farmland before the baby boom/ housing expansion/his death that made the family sell. Area has a slightly higher than usual cancer rate, some thinking it was his use of chemicals in farming.
Junior High- street it was on. Now renamed for the principal we had at the time, The only thing I remember him for nowadays was escorting four girls to the ladies room to change when they violated the dress code for wearing pants instead of skirts/dresses. No, he didn’t go in but waited outside for them to come out properly attired.
High School the town it was in. Now considered the worst in the county. It probably wasn’t much higher back then.
It took a while, but I found the information. I’m glad, too, since for all this time I never knew who these men were.
Alfred E. Plant Jr High, named after Alfred E. Plant (1873-1931), a Board of Education member, insurance businessman and community leader in West Hartford. (cite). Plant JHS, opened 1922, was closed in 1979 and the building now belongs to the West Hartford Housing Authority.
William H. Hall High School, named after William Henry Hall (b. 1845), a teacher, principal and superintendent of schools in West Hartford from 1897-1922. West Hartford’s first high school, West Hartford High, was named after Hall in 1924. A new Hall High School opened in 1970. (cite 1; cite 2; cite 3)
HALL RULES '79!! 
(Prominently painted on a West Hartford water tower in Conard territory 33yrs ago by yours truly, and my brother, and my best friend)
Just about every school I have ever atteded has been named for the town it was in. Or the county.
Junior (now Middle) School (in San Diego): John J. Pershing, American Army General during World War One.
High School (in San Diego): Patrick Henry, the American Revolution figure.