It has no connection to Canadian singer Bryan Adams, who was born two years after the school's founding.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s[citation needed] Bryan Adams was one of the largest high schools in Texas,[7] graduating more than 1,000 students in each of the years from 1968 to 1972.

[citation needed] On October 6, 2010, the Dallas Independent School District announced that Bryan Adams would be reorganized after receiving the state's lowest rating for two straight years.

The reorganization would take place for the 2011-2012 school year in a process known as "reconstitution," according to DISD spokesman Jon Dahlander.

Bryan Adams is among seven Dallas ISD choice schools that are planned to launch in the next couple of years.