The district is in parts of Adams, Montgomery, Page, and Taylor counties, and it serves Villisca and Nodaway.

The district sends its students to Southwest Valley High School, operated by Corning CSD.

[4] In 1913 the original Villisca school building was built, and in 1926 it received an addition.

[5] After some time as superintendent of Hull Public School,[6] Leslie Walpole assumed the same role at Villisca Community School District by 1932.

A feasibility study conducted that year by Dr. Robert Decker of the University of Northern Iowa recommended doing the grade-sharing with Corning instead of with the Stanton Community School District.