It is a part of the Pearland Independent School District serving grades 9 through 12.

In 2014, the school was awarded a national rank of 1,165th by U.S. News & World Report, which puts it in the silver medal category.

[3] Dawson, which opened in fall 2007, relieved students from the over-crowded Pearland High School.

By 2013 the growing enrollment meant that the school could be reclassified into a higher University Interscholastic League (UIL) ranking, affecting the placement of its athletic teams.

In 2015 Pearland ISD administrators told members of the PISD board of trustees that they may want to have another bond election in 2016.