As a result of the increase in the Armenian population in Kınalı in the late 19th century, the Nersesyan School was established in 1855. The first principal of the school was Şuşan Solakyan. When the school was established, it had 3 primary school classrooms. The school building, which was severely damaged in the earthquake of 1894, was evacuated. Later, the school building was rebuilt with the help of the people and the Patriarchate, with 500 gold liras collected. The school was converted into a 1917-classroom school in 6. The school, which had 150 students at that time, burned down in the Kınalı fire in 1919 and was rebuilt in its current location (Köşklü Street) in 1932 as an 11-room wooden house with a garden. The school, which had its brightest times during the directorships of Hayrabet Şnorkyan, Garabet Yeridzyan and Krikor Kuyumcuyan, operated until 1938 and was closed the same year.