It serves most of Elmhurst, as well as small parts of Addison, Oakbrook, and Bensenville.

[3][4] The first school serving the Elmhurst area was the Churchville Schoolhouse in modern Bensenville.

[7] In November 2018 a $168.5 million referendum was passed to make improvements to District buildings.

The referendum included safety and security improvements, as well as other general improvements, and providing space for all day kindergarten The district has already completed creating Media centers from libraries at Edison, Emerson, Fischer, Jackson, and Bryan schools, HVAC improvements at Edison, Fischer, Jackson, Jefferson, York, Bryan, and Sandburg schools.

The district has future plans to completely renovate Madison Early Childhood center.