Located on State Route 8 in Riner, Virginia, United States, Auburn High School serves the communities of Riner and Pilot as well as a large area of southern Montgomery County.

[a] The first school building in Riner was probably a one-room log cabin purchased in 1873.

[3] Until the early 1970s, Auburn served all grade levels for students in the Riner community.

The middle school students moved to the old Riner Elementary building when it was vacated.

The Riner Elementary School, opened 41 years earlier, was razed and the lot is now used for sports activities.