In 2006 the Iowa Department of Education figures resulted in a projection that the enrollment would, from 2006 to circa 2011, decline by an additional 65 students, or 13%.

Due to the differences in opinion regarding whom to cooperate with, in 2006 about one quarter of the school-aged students living in the Hubbard–Radcliffe boundaries, about 127 in total, chose to enroll in other area school districts.

Some parents preferring the South Hamilton district purchased a bus to transport their children there.

Tom Barton of the WCF Courier wrote that "many" Hubbard–Radcliffe parents chose South Hamilton schools.

South Hardin Middle School in Hubbard, serving both grade-sharing districts, was renovated by 2015.