It was built in the late 1950s and opened in September 1960.

It has five feeder schools: Courtice North P.S., Lydia Trull P.S., Courtice Intermediate School, Emily Stowe P.S., and S.T.

It opened in September 2013 as a response to overcrowding at Dr. G. J. MacGillivray.

Grade 7 and 8 students from the Dr. G. J MacGillivray area are now directed to Courtice Intermediate.

Beginning in the fall of 2014, Courtice Secondary became home to the French Immersion program for French Immersion students starting grade 9.