The first school built in the Town of Campbell in La Crosse County in 1867 stood on the present corner of OS and Highway 16, which was on the William Hartley property. Lucy Johnson was the first teacher, and five students attended the school. The building was later sold, and a new school was built in 1879 on land donated by David Fauver located on present day Highway 16 close to Interstate 90. The school was named Campbell School, and one teacher taught grades one through eight.
In 1919, the name of the school was changed to Fauver Hill School in honor of donor, David Fauver. A new school building was constructed on the same site in 1924. The building contained a classroom, library, storage room and kitchen. The school was modernized in 1936 with the addition of running water and toilet facilities.
In 1957, three classrooms were added to the original structure, four classrooms were added in 1966, and a gymnasium was added in 1974. Depending on enrollment numbers, the school at times housed grades kindergarten through grade six and later, kindergarten through grade four.
In 1960, the school joined the Onalaska School District. By late 1982 and early 1983, a proposal was put forth by the Onalaska School District to change Fauver Hill School from an elementary school to a kindergarten center. An expanded kindergarten curriculum was proposed including nature study, performing arts programs, and additional field trips. Many parents initially opposed the plan because they were concerned about having their young children ride a bus to school rather than attend a neighborhood school. The school board approved the plan, and in the fall of 1983, Fauver Hill School was changed from an elementary school to Fauver Hill Kindergarten Center. Former Fauver Hill elementary students began to attend Northern Hills and Pertzsch Elementary Schools.
As enrollment in the Onalaska School District continued to increase and overcrowding occurred at the district’s elementary schools, taxpayers approved an $11.8 million dollar referendum in November 1997 to build a new elementary school with a kindergarten wing. The Onalaska School Board accepted a bid from Gundersen Lutheran to sell the Fauver Hill School and property for $1.4 million dollars. Gundersen Lutheran later used the building for exercise and health education programs. Fauver Hill Kindergarten Center closed on June 4, 1999. The new school, Eagle Bluff Elementary with its adjoining Onalaska Kindergarten Center, opened August 1999.
