[2] Also serving Ayrshire, the district is located in Palo Alto and Clay counties.

On July 1, 2010, the South Clay Community School District was dissolved, and portions went to Ruthven-Ayrshire.

[6] They had discussed the possibility of whole grade-sharing, but Ruthven-Ayrshire canceled those talks in January 2013, stating that it wanted to have its own students in its own high school.

[7] Ruthven-Ayrshire has a partial day sharing agreement with the Emmetsburg Community School District.

[6] The district operates two schools, both in Ruthven:[1] The Titans compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports as G-T/R-A:[8]