Its old location became Witmer Heights Elementary School and then subsequently became a Mennonite church.

The new location of the high school was built in 1937 when the one-room schoolhouses of East Lampeter Township were merged there.

Before Conestoga Valley High School was so named, a multitude of principals preceded Michael Thornton.

At the time that East Lampeter High School was located along Old Philadelphia Pike, from 1928 to 1958, the principals were Charles Ressel, Aaron Breidenstine, Galen Kilhefner, Harry K. Gerlach, Henry Walker, and J. Elias Fritz.

In 2006, specialized classrooms were created for art, business, and computer technology as well as the addition of two technology-enhanced Large Group Instruction rooms.

[9] As of November 2012, more than $75,000 had been raised for the capital campaign, including a contribution of $10,000 donation by the Kysilka Family in memory of Karin Kincaid, class of 1991.

Students receive the laptops free of cost, paying only a $40 per year insurance fee to cover accidental damage or loss of technological equipment.

This change has accompanied e-book readers for use in the library and iPads that are distributed throughout the building on a variety of carts available for both teacher and student usage.