In 1868, the Elida School District was created and was moved into a new building on Main Street (now the site of the fire department) at a cost of about $5,000.

The first football field ran east to west behind the old part of the school.

Thanks to the efforts of Ellsworth Wiferd, who donated 600 hours of work, lights were added to the field in 1946.

The field house was built in front of the junior high addition in 1973.

A new high school building opened in 2011, featuring 169,000 square feet (15,700 m2) of space with a 670-seat auditorium and 1,200-seat gymnasium.