Two elementary schools, C.W. Harris and J.C. Nalle, are located within Marshall Heights. The $1 million Harris school began construction in 1960, and was finished in 1964. It underwent a renovation in 1992, a heating system replacement in 2002, and a superficial refurbishment in 2012. Nalle opened in 1950, and became the city's first community school in the late 1990s. It underwent a $6.8 million renovation in 2012. Declining enrollment led the city to close Fletcher-Johnson Middle School in 2008. The city had promised to spend $65 million to replace or upgrade all three schools, but only Nalle was renovated.