Communities in its service area include Humeston, Derby, Garden Grove, and Le Roy.

[2] The district was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of schools in Garden Grove, Humeston, and LeRoy.

During the 1980s, the districts facilities began to draw scrutiny from the state department of education as well as the fire marshall.

In 1996 voters passed a bond issue to build a new elementary school in humeston.

By 2022 the Garden Grove school was beginning to show its age with many of the same issues that the Humeston building had.