Based on a 381-acre (154 ha) campus in the southern part of Cedar Rapids,[3] the district encompasses 137 square miles (350 km2) including the communities of Walford, Fairfax, Swisher, Shueyville, Ely, Southwest Cedar Rapids, and surrounding areas.

Junior High Schools attended the first Outdoor Education Program at Camp Wapsie in 1962.

This program continues in 2011, however, students now attend Outdoor Education week at Camp Io-dis-e-ca south of the district.

[10] A bond issue was passed in the spring of 1961 and 25 acres of land east of the high school was purchased for the construction of a new elementary which opened as Prairie Intermediate in 1962.

[12] On November 18, 1969, a bond issue is passed, authorizing the construction of a new elementary next to Prairie Intermediate.

John Wall Field was heavily renovated in the summer of 2011 in preparation for the 2011-12 school year.

Improvements include a new storage building and ticket booth behind the north end zone, a new entrance area for the home stands, expanded seating on the home bleachers, brand new bleachers for visiting team fans, and a new Field Turf playing surface, designed for both football and soccer.

[16] On April 3, 2012, a bond issue passed, authorizing the building of a fifth elementary to be placed on the old youth baseball complex.

In late January, the School Board approved the proposed design of the new elementary by OPN Architects.

[19] On March 11, 2013, the school board approved naming the new building Prairie Hill Elementary.

[20] It was announced on April 11, 2012, that students will be issued a district-owned computer, starting the 2012-13 school year.

On January 31, 2013, district superintendent John Speer told media that Prairie High School Principal Mark Gronemeyer was going to resign from his position, effective immediately.

[22] Gronemeyer was subsequently reassigned to a newly created job in the district office for the remainder of the year, given the title of Secondary Curriculum Specialist.

[24] Many in the community began to wonder why the district would unexpectedly reassign the principal in the middle of the term to a newly created position, knowing he would resign at the end of the year, and rumors began that an incident occurred that forced the school board to remove him from Prairie High School.

[25] In 2004, a Citizen's Advisory Committee on School Facilities was formed to determine the district's future.

In 1989, the building became Prairie Middle School, housing grades seven and eight until sixth graders joined in 1993.

[30] Opening in 1954 as College Township Elementary, Prairie Heights is the oldest active building in the district.

On April 3, 2012, a bond issue passed, authorizing the building of a fifth elementary to be placed on the old youth baseball complex.

[17] In late January, the School Board approved the proposed design of the new elementary by OPN Architects.