The first school in the Leaday area was built about 1874 and was located on the Colorado River at Yellow Bluff near some springs between Trap Crossing and the Rich Coffey place.  One of the early students was Jimmy Hogue, whose father put in the first farm at Trap Crossing.

The next school was built across the river on the Concho side, started by Rich Coffey and Bob Alexander.  The first students were Lem Creswell, son of A. S. Creswell, the children of Dock and Joe Currie, the Alexanders; and later, the McLeans, the Swifts, Austin Moffett, and the Gatlins.  The first teacher was a Miss Caperton, a sister of Mack Gatlin’s wife.

Apparently, this or later schools were in operaton in this area, as in 1904 a school district called Trap was designated #24, but later in 1904, this was changed to #29.  In 1906, Leaday was either created or the Trap district was simply renamed Leaday, District #29.  Although Leaday was planned to be a larger town than Coleman, it remained only a small crossing on the river, and area students attended classes here.

In 1935, Red Wire, Miller, Grape Creek and Leaday were grouped to form Leaday #29.  Leaday later consolidated with Mozelle.