On November 3, 1909 Henry W. Simmons and his wife, Stella Agnes, bought a tract of land from Mrs. Martha Tyler Overall which is located on the Gouldbusk road about 4 miles north of Fisk.  In November 1916 the farm was sold to Louis C. Haas.  There is no record of a school being on this location when Mr. Simmons bought the farm, but it is assumed that he donated the land for the purpose of building a school before 1911.  The school was named for the Folk family, who lived about ¼ mile south of the school.  They had two boys, Marvin and Arvel, who attended the school.  Arvel now (1983) lives in San Angelo.

There are no records of early teachers, but it is known that Miss Lee Hartsfield (Mrs. George Pauley) taught there.  Also a Miss Ollie DeVaney taught there and boarded with the Whitfields.  Mr. Will H. Taylor, the only living trustee of Folk school, served several years.  Teachers from 1921 to 1939 are as follows: 1920-1923, Miss Ola Griffis; 1923-24, D. W. Ratchford; 1924-25, Miss Ruby Bell; 1925-26, Mrs. W. Haygood; 1926-27, Miss Minnie Wheatley; 1927-29, Miss Bessie Lee Sikes; 1929-30, Miss Mary Creswell; 1930-39, Miss Flora Dee Daughtery.  Teacher’s salary ranged from $100 to $110 per month for a 7 or 8 month school term.  The salary stopped when the school term ended.

During the 1930’s the average enrollment was 20 - 25.  One year there were 42 pupils enrolled with every grade 1 - 7 represented.  After Christmas of the 1938 - 1939 school term there were only two pupils - Bill Haas and Jackie Alsop.  At the beginning of the next school term all pupils living in District 62 were transferred to Brown Ranch.  When all the schools in the area were consolidated into the Mozelle Independent School District the old Folk school building was moved to Mozelle.  It was later acquired by residents of the Fisk community and is used as the Fisk Community Center.