History:

In 1912, the North Arkansas Conference of Methodist Churches felt a need to establish a high school in the Ozarks. Valley Springs, with its academic background, was selected, and it became Valley Springs Training School. In 1922, the first organized high school was started in an old two-story frame structure on the south hill at Valley Springs. For a dormitory, the school used the old Dr. Hale home above the spring.

The church bought a twelve acre campus and a farm of 160 acres on which the boys worked to help pay expenses. Part of this farm is now the present school system.In 1937, the Methodist Church relinquished its claim to all the property, and Valley Springs Training School became the Valley Springs Consolidated School.

The present administration building was built in 1964. At that time, it housed business education and the superintendent's office. Currently, the superintendent, three secretaries, and the Parent Center are housed in this area.