[4] Bev Facey is a two-storey building of 17,282.5 square metres (186,027 sq ft) and has a capacity of 1,481 students.

[9] Bev Facey has multiple labs, class specific classrooms, and special services, dedicated for academic enhancement and achievement.

[3]: 72–79  Specialized programs include: Bev Facey offers the following 13 (of thirty-eight) academic courses in the Advanced Placement (AP) Program:[15] Career and technology studies (CTS) is a flexible provincial curriculum of one-credit units designed to develop skills that students can apply in the workplace or in further learning.

[19] Elk Island Public Schools offers the following three special education programs at Bev Facey:[20] Bev Facey is a Cisco Networking Academy, and is certified as a Pearson VUE Testing Center so that students may take their CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, or Cisco Certified Network Associate–Routing and Switching Essentials certification exams at the school.

Bev Facey was one of seven Edmonton area schools that were the target of a rash of online threats in late 2016, resulting in school lockdowns or the less-severe "hold and secure" threat response, police investigations, and arrests.

[31][32][33] Similar incidents occurred at Fort McMurray and Red Deer, Alberta schools in the same time period.