The Arlington Elementary School was built in 1929. After the old Middle School was remodeled, it was torn down in 2008. In 2007, the students in kindergarten through second grade relocated into the old Middle School, which had been rebuilt as part of the district's reconstruction effort.

Arlington Elementary served the district for approximately 77 years. This structure was not only used for the instruction of elementary school pupils, but it also served as a voting precinct and a bomb shelter for the town at one point in time. In addition, it withstood the tornado that struck the town in 1985.

The building's framework was sturdy, but the plumbing, heating and cooling system (which only provided heat and no air conditioning), and wiring were old and required a total overhaul due to years of repairs and upkeep. In 2004, the Ohio School's Commission decided that it would be more cost-effective to build a new middle school and renovate the old middle school for elementary-level kids than to repair the facility. This decision would also be advantageous to the taxpayers of the town. As a result of this judgment, the building was shuttered and later demolished because of legislation related to the removal of asbestos.

The district's high school football field was situated behind the Arlington Building, which was directly down Bridge Street, due to space constraints caused by the high school and junior high buildings located downtown. The Newton Falls Covered Bridge spans the eastern branch of the Mahoning River, which passes through Newton Falls, and links Bridge Street and Arlington Road. Every Friday night home game, the high school marching band would assemble at the school and march down Bridge Street, across the Covered Bridge, to Arlington Field. Football games would be big community events. At the conclusion of the game (or the beginning of the fourth quarter), they would then march back to the high school building. Back in the day, winning games were celebrated with a mini-paradise of people lining the streets to support the band.

During the summer one year, I was in the building with two other people to clean the insides of the computers in the classrooms. There was no one else in the building with us. Because the floors in the classrooms above us were made of wood, we would occasionally hear the sound of someone walking about in the classroom above us. The sound of someone walking on the floor was very noticeable because of the squeaking. We would run upstairs and check the building. There was no one else in the building. These events occurred multiple times throughout the course of approximately three days.

There was a time when a teacher told me about the problems she was experiencing with the bathroom that was located across the hall from her classroom. She added that sometimes she would have the impression that a student was in the restroom, and she would hear the water turn on or the toilet flush. The sound of the toilet flushing was really loud and echoed along the corridor because this building was older. After a while, it was assumed that a student would be leaving the restroom, but there was no student. After that, she would go across the hall to check, and there was no one there.

A former custodian reported, "I was working the late shift in the building one night by myself. Performing the normal sweeping, cleaning, cleaning chalkboards, taking out the trash, and at about 10:30 p.m. the elevator went off by itself, going from floor to floor. I thought someone else came into the building, so I went down to the elevator to check. Sure enough, it stopped on the second floor where I was at, and the door opened up. Nobody was on the elevator. I just stood there. The door closed, and it went down to the first floor. I could hear the doors up there opening. Just thinking there was something wrong with the elevator itself, I just turned to go back to work. As I took a step, I heard what sounded like a group of kids on the floor below me running down the hall making noises. You know the type that you would normally hear kids make when they are running playfully down a hallway. I took the stairs down to the first level, and of course. There was nobody around. I went through and checked each room. Nobody. Needless to say, I couldn't wait for that shift to be over."