It provides an average curriculum for its students, containing a good variety of electives and all of the state required courses.

The school facility is located on 96 acres (390,000 m2) and has athletic fields, tennis courts, a community swimming pool, five computer labs, weight room, fitness center, and a 600-seat performing arts center.

The Minnesota Department of Education announced that Chisago Lakes High School failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Act for the 2007–08 and 2009-10 school years.

Chisago Lakes High School offers a few co-curricular and extra-curricular programs in the arts.

Their musical theatre program, has put on 11 productions, notably 2014's White Christmas which won Outstanding Overall Production/Performance from the Hennepin Theatre Trust's SpotLight program and qualified to perform a medley at Spotlight Showcase.