It is located on 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land on Imperial Highway between the cross streets of Santa Ana Canyon Road and Nohl Ranch Road, and serves students who reside in Anaheim Hills and a small portion of Yorba Linda north of La Palma Avenue and east of Yorba Linda Boulevard.

Upon completion of the Anaheim Hills campus, a variety of names were considered for the site.

A ballot of three proposed names was given to the students of Vista Del Rio Jr. High School to vote on.

Boundary changes in the district and an increase in the population of the Anaheim Hills community resulted in changes at the school.

Canyon is also home to Orange County's only high school Aviation Academy which uses advanced simulators and encourages students to explore career options in the Aviation industry with an emphasis on becoming pilots.