[2] The district is located in sections of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth counties.

It serves Manly, Nora Springs, Hanlontown, Plymouth, and Rock Falls.

[7] "Central Springs" was chosen as the name of the consolidated district as the grade-shared secondary schools already used that name.

[8] The projected enrollment of the combined school district upon its tentative formation was 850.

By 2015, the enrollment had declined further, so the district was considering whether or how to reconfigure grade levels.