It serves the west-central section of the city, roughly south and west of the Franklin Mountains and north of Interstate 10 to the vicinity of Executive Center Boulevard.

"The Lady on the Hill", as El Paso High is nicknamed,[3] sits on a mountainside at the foot of the Franklin Mountains overlooking the central portion of the city and its boundary with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Inside the front entrance, the hallway that circles the rear of the large auditorium has coffered low ceilings and classical columns.

El Paso High offered the first music classes in the state and it was also the first to include a modern language, Spanish, in its course of study.

El Paso High School was also the first in the state to have a student military corps, organized by the district superintendent, Capt.

[citation needed] El Paso High is known for its cross country, track and field, tennis, and volleyball programs.

The cross country programs, under the four-decade tutelage of William Daniel McKillip, have won many team district, regional and state championships in Texas (5-A and 4-A), and claimed several honors in national rankings.

The school has also churned out dozens of individual district, regional, and state champions in cross country and in track and field, many of whom have gone on to successful and championship careers at the NCAA level and beyond.