It is the newest high school inside Doña Ana County.

The school specializes in graduating its students with at least a two-year college degree.

The school opened in July 2010 and has 311 students as of most current data.

In order to be accepted into either the STEM school or Medical Academy the students must go through an application process in the winter of their eighth grade year.

Roughly 140 students are enrolled each year from this application process.