story identification - A young adult novel that has a boy who goes to a school for wizards... and is NOT Harry Potter

When I was in the second grade, there was a story in my English book about a boy who went to a school for wizardry. I was in the second grade in 1993-1994, so it could be around there, but most likely the story is from a decade or so before. I'm not too sure.

The only details I can remember from the book were:

• the school was on a high mountain (maybe?)


• The protagonist had a dorm room where each time he would gain more magical education from the school, the symbol on the door would get more and more detailed

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Answer

This could very well be Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen, published in 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a well-known publisher of textbooks. I haven't been able to find any evidence that it actually appeared in a language arts textbook, but the possibility does exist. The first 26 pages are available for preview on Google Books.