[2] Visible School was created in early 2000, after Ken Steorts, founding guitarist of the Christian rock band Skillet, had left the band to travel to Coventry, England to view a Christian music college resembling the idea of Visible School.

The school also formalized relations with Days Inn, Lakeland, Tennessee for dormitory housing, creating a campus for the institution.

However, the Department of Education denied Visible School the ability to obtain aid for its students due.

In the late 2005 and early 2006, a single donor stepped up to cover the costs of running the school for the remainder of the 2005–2006 academic year.

[citation needed] Visible School was able to hire a full-time librarian and continue offering full course loads to students as a result of the TRACS accreditation process.

[citation needed] The school moved the campus into Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, in 2011 after receiving a 3 million-dollar matching grant.

Two Department of Education investigations into Title IX discrimination and failures to abide by Clery Act provisions are currently pending.