In 2021, the district requested a budget override to maintain class sizes and course options, as well as increase teachers' salaries and hire additional staff, at an expense to taxpayers, to no success.

[16] The district also uses grants; in 2008, the district applied for an Arizona School Facilities Board energy project implementation grant to implement low-flow faucets and waterless urinals at Agua Fria High School and a smart landscape irrigation system at Agua Fria and Millennium.

[18] The Agua Fria Union High School district offers dual enrollment courses through the Maricopa County Community College District, in which certain teachers are qualified to teach classes at Estrella Mountain, allowing students to earn college credits concurrently with their high school credits.

[19] Courses eligible for dual enrollment depend on the school; as of the 2022-2023 school year, Verrado High School offers dual enrollment classes in Spanish II and Honors Spanish III, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, AP Biology, Sports Medicine I and II, Rehabilitation/Therapeutic Modalities, and Honors Pre-calculus,[20] Millennium High School offers dual enrollment classes in AP United States History, Algebra 3, Culinary Arts, AP Physics C: Mechanics, and Conceptual Physics,[21] and Canyon View High School offers dual enrollment classes in Sports Medicine I and II, Algebra III, AP Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and various agriculture-related classes.

[22] In addition, the district also offers Advanced Placement (AP) classes at each of their five high schools, in subjects such as math, English, science, and the arts.

[18] The Agua Fria Union High School district offers courses in band, choir, dance, and other visual arts.

[25] The district also offers an alternative high school program known as "Coldwater Academy", to aid students at risk of not graduating.

[10] Exceptions may be made, such as accommodations for students in the International Baccalaureate program,[28] although they are approved on a case-by-case basis, and dependent on the capacity of the school, among other factors.

Students who could walk to the nearby Desert Edge High School were rezoned to Verrado, requiring another mode of transportation.