[11] That school stood on the site of the current Woodrow Wilson Junior High from September 1952 to May 1999, when the new building on Texas State Highway 321 was built and inaugurated in the 1999-2000 school year after the passing of a 16.9 million dollar bond in 1996.

The building would have a capacity of 1,600 students to address overcrowding[12][13] Mexican joint venture Mission-Bufete secured an initial contract for 14.6 million dollars with Dayton ISD.

Construction of the new building was set to be completed May 1998 after groundbreaking occurred in August 1997.

[16] 48 new staff members were hired upon the opening of the new school.

[18] Its dual enrollment students are serviced by Lee College, a community college located 27 miles away, in Baytown, Texas.