It serves approximately 3,100 students living in Kent, Franklin Township, Brady Lake, and Sugar Bush Knolls, as well as a small portion of southern Streetsboro.

During the 1860s, the district began to divide the students in the school houses by grade level.

As a result of the curriculum and management changes, the district elected to close the schoolhouses and erect a centralized building for all grades.

Although initially planned for 1868, construction delays prevented the building from opening until March 1869.

[4] As Kent continued to grow throughout the twentieth century, new schools and changes became necessary.