Alcides is run by the Puerto Rico Department of Education and falls under its Specialized Schools Unit (UnEE, for its initials in Spanish).

[4] All classes, with the exception of non-English language courses (such as French,[5] Italian and Spanish) and social studies, are instructed in English.

[11] In these facilities, as well as an annex, built in 1927[8] and hosting various classrooms located across the 65th Infantry street that leads into the town square, the school was divided between intermediate and superior levels, consisting of Grades 7–9 and 11–12, respectively.

However, it was met with opposition since it meant more class hours, which due to the limited size of the school and the lack of teachers, was considered impossible to implement.

All that was needed for admission was a student's credit transcript and passing an oral interview in both English and Spanish, with the respective courses teachers from the school.

In addition, the school reported in 2013 several infrastructure problems, including, but not limited to, leakage, broken zinc roofs, mold, small office size for administrative personnel, and termites, among others.

[21] The abandoned Sergio Ramírez de Arrellano complex was approved for leasing[22] and the new tenants are municipal sports and fine arts programs that relocated and expanded there.

[23][24] One of these is Ciudad Museo ("Museum City"), founded by Gabriela Ríos Rodríguez in 2015 in the school and "dedicated to transforming communities through urban art," one of its project being the former-school complex.

[30] During Fall 2019, Alcides students began a "poetry curriculum focused on their experiences during and after Hurricane María," as part of the Massachusetts Music and Poetry Synchronized (MAPS) initiative, which was then given to music students at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School (PVPA) by the end of the semester.

[33] On 28 January, then-mayor, Jorge Estevez Martínez, claimed that not one of the public schools in Añasco had been inspected after the earthquakes.

[39] However, Alcides, as most public high schools, administered the Puerto Rico college admissions exams (PAA, for its initials in Spanish) in-person between 1–4 December.

[40] During February 2021, it was one of 172 public schools identified as "suitable to open" that formed part of an initial phase proposed by the department to resume in-person teaching starting in March.

[44] Alcides is part of the Puerto Rico Department of Education's Specialized Schools Unit (UnEE, for its initials in Spanish),[4] which at times has been under the Assistant Secretary for Academic Services,[6] Educational Transformation Projects,[4] Curriculum and Pedagogical Innovation Division,[45] and the Undersecretariat for Academic and Program Affairs.

[52] In 2017, the school was home to three of the top 30 scores in the College Board University admissions test island-wide, for which each student received the Rafael Carrión Jr.

[55] The school participated in Eastern Illinois University's 2002 Autumnal Equinox project, measuring the shadows at noon in Añasco.

[65] The school offers a variety of different student organizations such as: Due to its proximity to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) and the large size of graduates that enroll there, 114 graduates between the 2016–2017 and 2021–2022 school years,[70] many Alcides student participate in camps, competitions and conferences offered by the university.

[82] Additionally, it serves as the polling place for Añasco's 13th election unit,[83] and is considered to be a "critical facility" that the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority must provide water to.

[86] In 2019, it was reported that: [E]very time it rains, the water runs from the roof into the hallways of the campus, where students must pass through during the class changes.

The problem is such that the campus patio floods in a few minutes with only hundredths of an inch of rain falling, raising the water level to the step entrances of some classrooms, which obviously prevents students from entering the room without getting wet up to their ankles.Source:[d][1]