According to a record of 1845, although it is hard to believe, there were 3 contribution schools, 1 secession school as well as 2 schools for girls and 1 or 2 small private schools in Ceres. There were also schools at Baldinnie, Craigrothie, Pitscottie and Tarvit Mill.

One lady had her school near the Weigh House and latterly in the old Board Room just below the Parish Church. Another was at Croft-Dyke, where sewing was principally taught. Bridgend School opened in 1855 with a Glasgow lady as chief teacher and some of the villagers remember hearing that her assistant used to walk over the Muir from Cupar where she resided, her crinoline swaying and jumping as she went along.

Penmanship, in those days, was a fine art and classes in this subject were conducted in a house somewhere in the Castle district of the village.

The Sunday Schools and schools at the Mills had libraries attached to them and it is interesting to note that in 1828 a subscription and circulating library began with 500 volumes and 100 subscriptions mentioned in one report.

The present Ceres School, built by the Heritors and named Ceres Parochial Academy, was opened in 1836 and was described at that time as being a very handsome building far surpassing the cannon structure of schools. The original school building has now been enlarged and modernised and has good class--rooms, assembly hall (where school dinners are also served) as well as staff and rest rooms. It is now a Primary School and the older children, instead of remaining in Ceres all their school-days, move on to Bell--Baxter High School in Cupar. A variety of classes under the Adult Educational System are held in the evenings in Ceres School and are both popular and useful

Educational records in Ceres Parish date back to 1631, when Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall entered into a contract with Lord Lindsay, patrons of the Parish, the Heritors. the Minister and Kirk Session. One hundred Merks (Scots) were mortified yearly for the benefit of the School Master in addition to the fees he received. The right of appointment of the School Master was rested in the Kirk Session in by-gone days.