Rusea's High School is among the oldest high school in Jamaica, It was founded by Frenchman Martin Rusea. He was a French refugee, and in grateful recollection of the hospitality manifested toward him in the colony, left by his will dated July 23, 1764 all his real and personal estate for the establishment of Rusea's High School in the Parish of Hanover. ​In the year 1777, an act was passed settling the trust and establishing an nondenominational school for boys and girls. Rusea's, as an institution,  boasts outstanding achievements in academics as well as an overall fun environment that has produced long-lasting great memories for alumni.