The district occupies sections of Buena Vista, Clay, Palo Alto, and Pocahontas counties.
[7] L-M had multiple classes it was required to have in order to maintain high school grades, but insufficient numbers of students were enrolled in them.
Around that time period, Laurens–Marathon elementary school students had, as part of a preliminary indication, increased test scores.
[10] The district operates two schools in a single facility in Laurens:[1] The current 84-foot (26 m) by 50-foot (15 m) gymnasium opened in September 1998.
The previous 76-foot (23 m) by 48-foot (15 m) gymnasium, built in the early 1940s, was called "The Barn".