The school district encompasses 58.77 square miles (152.2 km2) of land[citation needed] in Poinsett County, Arkansas, including Harrisburg, Fisher, Waldenburg, and Weiner.
[3] According to the district's website, by 1897, it became evident that Harrisburg needed a new school building.
From September 1918 until March 3, 1919, students attended classes in churches until the new building was completed.
For more than 50 years this building served as a place of education for students in the Harrisburg School District.
Consolidation in the Harrisburg School District began in 1945 with Greenfield District followed by Bethel, Whitehall, Wyley Crossing, Bolivar, Burrow, Pleasant View and Valley View.