The district features eight buildings serving grades K-12 (including New Albany High School) all on one centrally-located campus.
Most of the district is located in New Albany, with the rest in unincorporated Plain Township and the city of Columbus.
In 1821, a frame school building was built on Central College Road; the teacher was Jacob Smith.
In 1955 the Ohio General Assembly eliminated the requirement that cities and school districts have common borders.
[6] From the 1950s through the 1970s the City of Columbus aggressively annexed land, causing concern for local school districts.
In 1982, when little progress was made toward arriving at an agreeable solution, the General Assembly extended the moratorium for another two years, but stated they would not renew it again in 1986.
State Representative Michael Stiniano (Columbus) and other community and education leaders convened a series of negotiations with the Franklin County school district officials in 1986.