The Kukerin School has aesthetic, historic, representative and social cultural heritage significance.
Since 1914 the school has provided a central focus for education of the district's children. The school has historic and social value with its connection to the original Wishbone School. The school is a surviving representative of many small rural schools that service country towns throughout Western Australia.
Kukerin residents were very active to get Education Department approval for a school to be built at Kukerin. The final approval was only given after many previous applications had been rejected. Kukerin gaining a school was a loss to Wishbone, whose school was closed and relocated to the Kukerin school site.
The desks and other school furniture from Wishbone were included in the relocation. Miss Rosie O'Rourke was appointed as the first teacher and the school opened in September 1914.
The school was extended in the 1930s and then again in 1951. In 1969 the school had 109 students but during the 1970s the school suffered a sharp decline in numbers owing to the rural recession and the withdrawal of the stationmaster, shire employee and other services. In 2001 the school had a population of 36 students and three teachers.
Currently Kukerin Primary School has a population of 33 students and 11 staff members.