Occupying sections of Fayette and Buchanan counties, it includes, aside from Oelwein, Hazleton and Stanley.

Oelwein CSD superintendent Jim Patera stated that this enrollment decline and a 10% decline in money given by the state government put Oelwein CSD in, as paraphrased by Orlan Love of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, "a serious financial bind".

[5] By 2018 the district revised the appearance of the husky mascot and introduced a new logo.

[6] That year it also made plans to make the middle school cover 5th grade to make room for 1st grade students at Wings Park Elementary.

[5] The Huskies compete in the North Iowa Cedar League in the following sports: