Enrolment at Willow Bunch School had been declining since the mid-1960s, when approximately 425 students were enrolled. In 2006, the school's population was approximately 50 students. In 2007, the Prairie South School Division began a review of its schools in seven communities, including Willow Bunch. The division maintained it was becoming a challenge to "deliver an effective learning program in a fiscally responsible manner." In 2007, the Prairie South School Division voted to close five schools by the end of August, including the school in Willow Bunch.