It serves grades 9-12 for the Hillsborough County Public Schools.

He served on the board of directors in the National Education Association from 1958 to 1964, and was elected as its president in 1967, the first Hispanic to hold that office.

[5] Alonso is the fifth school in Hillsborough County to have an International Baccalaureate Programme with the other IB high schools being King, Strawberry Crest, Hillsborough, and Robinson.

She was replaced by Louie Diaz, who was the Assistant Principal of Athletics for the first two years the school was open, then became the principal of Jefferson High School.

Both principals had buildings in the school named after them, the Sandy Bunkin Auditorium which is located near the front of the school and is where many concerts by the band and orchestra are held and the Louie Diaz Athletic Complex which is located near the football field.