209 provides public education to nearly 8,000 students in south east Saskatchewan.
The School Division was created in April, 2005 as part of the Provincial Government's plan to restructure the way primary to secondary education was administered in the province.
The first members of the Board of Education were elected on June 15, 2005.
On January 1, 2006 it replaced the education administration of the former South Central #141, Sunrise #145, Weyburn #95, Weyburn Rural #62, Souris Moose Mountain #122, Moosomin #9 School Divisions and the Estevan Comprehensive School Board #127.
The division has a budget in excess of $72 million.