Gadsden County School District operates public schools. At one time there was a county school in Mount Pleasant. As of 2017
Gadsden County High School (formerly East Gadsden High School) is the only remaining zoned high school in the county due to the consolidation of
West Gadsden High School's high school section into East Gadsden High.
Robert F. Munroe Day School, a K-12 private school which was founded as a
segregation academy, has its athletic fields in Mount Pleasant, and formerly had its main campus in Mount Pleasant. The main campus had of land. In 2021 the school moved to another part of the county. After the move, the school continued to use the sports fields in the former Mount Pleasant campus. The school's kindergarten campus is in
Quincy proper. ==Notable person==