A one-time Blue Ribbon school, Agua Fria is ranked 4,682nd nationally and 84th in Arizona by U.S. News and World Report.

[5] In 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' use of Luke Air Force Base in World War II, along with the formation of the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation, Litchfield Park High School was expanded.

The Litchfield Park Parent Teachers Association (LPPTA) was formed in 1944 to aid the school in construction projects.

[11] The AFUHSD would continue to hold bond elections; in 1961, taxpayers voted on a $260,000 bond issue to finance the construction of twelve classrooms, physics and biology laboratories, and a language facility,[12] and in 1962, the district proposed a 39 cent tax increase, citing the need to withdraw tuition payments from other schools—such as the newly constructed Dysart High School in El Mirage—in the district.

[14] The measure would have added a new high school in Goodyear, to help alleviate overcrowding issues at Agua Fria Union.

The proposal also included funds to remodel the physical education rooms at Agua Fria Union.

[19] In the 2000s, Agua Fria High School began to experience further growth attributed to new housing developments in the West Valley and farm fields, with the AFUHSD nearly doubling in enrollment since 1995.

In August 2000, the AFUHSD considered the sale of $2.78 million in school improvement bonds, adding an additional gymnasium to Agua Fria.

Agua Fria reopened one week after the spill was reported, although strict screening measures were implemented to detect traces of mercury.

Cleanup operations cost the EPA $800,000, of which $173,614 went to renovating parts of the school, including new walls for laboratories and science classrooms, new cabinets, and new carpet and sealed floors.

The age and slope of the roofs at Agua Fria introduced complexity, causing Clean Energy to instead install solar panels onto shade structures in the school's parking lot.

[25] The AFUHSD began construction on a students service building and a new library roof at Agua Fria High School in June 2012.

[26] In 2013, a new administration building was constructed at Agua Fria—along with renovations to the girls locker room, new security cameras, and resurfaced track fields—using part of the 2011 bond fund.

[27] The passage of a B-bond in 2012 allowed the AFUHSD to add bleachers to the softball field at Agua Fria, resurface its tennis courts, and paint the exterior of the school.

[38] Agua Fria is a one-time National Blue Ribbon School, having received the award in 1982, when the program was founded.

[40] Agua Fria offers various elective courses and implements a vocational education program in fields such as coding, construction, and graphic design.

[37] Agua Fria offers multiple Advanced Placement (AP) classes, focusing on English, mathematics, science, history, art, and foreign languages.

[41] The Arizona Board of Regents found that, for the 2015-2016 school year, 49% of students attended some form of post-secondary education.

[45] Agua Fria High School fields 23 varsity teams, including badminton, track/cross country, football, golf, swimming, volleyball, basketball, soccer, wrestling, baseball/softball, and tennis, competing under the Agua Fria Owls moniker in the Arizona Interscholastic Association.

[50] The Band of Owls participated in the Hollywood Christmas Parade in 2002; the trip cost $30,000, but was subsided using fundraisers and a $5,000 contribution.

[53] Other athletes that graduated from Agua Fria include baseball players Aaron Altherr,[54] Cardell Camper, Shawn Gilbert,[55] and Sammy Solis.