The El Dorado Springs R-2 School District is made up of former common school districts from Cedar, Vernon, and St. Clair counties. In Cedar County, these were Barnes, Cedar Springs, Cherry Valley, Cline Hill, Clintonville, Coal Hill, Concord, El Dorado Springs, Flat Rock, Forest Grove, Green Ridge, Gordon, Hazel Dell, Jackson, Johnson, Liberty Hall, Love, Pleasant Ridge, Rock, Sandridge, Union Hall, Vandenburg, Walnut Grove, White Hall, Wright, and Nine Wonders. In Vernon County, they were Dederick, Diamond Grove, Flycreek, Green Top, Keck, Mobley, Montevallo, New Harmony, Oak Grove, Oak Ridge, Pleasant Valley, Round Prairie, Science Hill, Union, Virgil City, and Willow Grove. In St. Clair County, they were Ararat, Blackjack, Blue Ridge, Forest Grove, Glendale, Graham, Greenwood, Mt. Olive, Riverview, Snyder, Stony Point, and Union Point.