It currently serves about 130 students in grades 11 through 12 and is a part of the Fargo Public Schools system.

The basic structure and rules of this alternative school make students responsible for their own educational experiences.

The high school itself has been moved to the Agassiz Building one mile south.

Dakota High School shares Agassiz space with the Fargo Adult Learning Center, Early Childhood Special Education, Middle School Alternative Education Day Program (EDP), Project InVest (post high school life skill transition Special Education program) and EvenStart pre-school and the offices of several District programs and community partners.

[2] In July 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, the Fargo Human Relations Commission unanimously voted to recommend the Fargo School Board rename the school because of Woodrow Wilson's racist policies against African-Americans, including the decision to re-segregate the federal workforce.