The school provides secondary education for students from a number of small townships/districts including Eildon, Taggerty, Thornton, Marysville, Narbethong, Buxton, Merton, Yarck and Molesworth.

[1] Alexandra Secondary College strives to develop a culture of shared responsibility, personal safety and mutual respect for each other and the environment.

The college values which include respect, achievement, challenge, enjoyment, responsibility and safety were developed following an extensive consultation process with the community.

As of 2014 the college has moved towards developing a School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) program in collaboration with parents and students and this will be rolled out further in 2015.

[2] A recent visit by the State Minister for Education, Martin Dixon continued this effort with the announcement of $870,000 of government funding to assist in the refurbishment of some of the college's learning spaces.