Historical Cornwall College, a schoolboy’s dream:
Did you know that Cornwall College is the third oldest high school in Western Jamaica behind Manning's High School in Westmoreland and Rusea's High School in Hanover?

This great, boys only high school dates to the 18th century when secondary education was greatly needed in the parish and George Miller, a teacher from Scotland, opened the Montego Bay Academy at the Presbyterian House, which was at the time located at 56 Union Street.

In 1871 the Academy closed it doors when representatives from Scotland encouraged the government of Jamaica to establish a Queen's College in Spanish Town. This institution also did not last long and again government sponsored secondary education was lacking in the country.