Mount Carmel School was originally opened in 1900 at 2021 Clinton Ave. as a school for boys and girls which was the Lydon home. The school was run by the Sisters of Charity the Incarnate Word. In 1913 the cornerstone was laid where the school is currently located at 2006 North Houston. The school operated independently from the parish, but maintained a close relationship with the church. It schooled children from elementary to high school until 1958. That was also the last year that sisters resided at the school led by Sister Kary Edward, Superior, Sister M. Kiaran, Assistant, Sisters Henry, Aloysia (music teacher) John Bernard, and Gregoria. Treas. On May 31, 1958 the school closed under the name of Mount Carmel Academy.