The 1880s and Beyond
By 1880 it was noted that there were vacancies among the State's scholars "even after much advertising throughout the county, showing the beginning of the end of the Academy days... They were just wandering off to the newer public schools." (13)

In 1880, Reverend C. K. Nelson, of St. John's College, was elected Principal. His assistants were Robert K. Massie and George F. Nesbitt, Jr. (1886). Reverend Nelson remained until 1888 when he resigned to accept a position at the Rockville Academy. J. D. Warfield then became Principal. Professor Warfield turned his attention to the neglected state of the Academy: a new wire fence, new outbuildings, a newly painted home and new academic desks (1892). In the Academy, he was assisted by William H. Peltz, Miss Elise Hutton and Lawrence I. Smythe. By July 14, 1908, and again on April 20, 1909, the Board of Trustees offered to turn over the building and yearly donation to the Public School Board if they would conduct a graded school. The takeover of the Brookeville Academy was formally adopted on June 2, 1909. (14)