Indian Valley School District is located in Tuscarawas County in east central Ohio, approximately 75 miles south of the city of Cleveland and 95 miles east of Columbus. The District's territory encompasses all of the territory of the Villages of Barnhill, Gnadenhutten, Midvale, Port Washington, Roswell and Tuscarawas and Washington Township, and portions of the City of New Philadelphia, the Village of Newcomerstown and the Townships of Clay, Goshen, Jefferson, Mill. Perry, Rush, Salem, Union, Warren and Warwick. The District's population is approximately 10,100. Its area is approximately 119 square miles of that 62.49% is residential, 15.28% is commercial/industrial, .10% public utility and 22.13% agriculture. Approximately 6.21% of the District's area is used for governmental and other tax-exempt purposes. 

Within commuting distance are several public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities, providing a wide range of educational facilities and opportunities. These include the university of Akron, a branch of Ashland University, the Tuscarawas campus of Kent State University, Malone College, Muskingum College, a branch of Ohio University, Stark Technical College, Walsh University and the College of Wooster. Most District residents work outside the District. The following employers have the largest work force within the County: Union Hospital, Belden Brick Company, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., JLG Industries/Gradall, Bristol-Myers/Zimmer Patient, Barmet Industries, Lauren Mfg. Company, Arizona Chemical, Genie Company, Marlite Corporation and Allied Machine & Engineering.

Indian Valley School District enjoys state testing scores which equates to an Ohio school district rating of 25(excellent) placing Indian Valley School District in the top 26 percentile in Ohio. Indian Valley High School's 98.4% graduation rate exceeds the statewide average and of those graduating 70% go on to higher education.