[2] Gleneagle has one of the highest rates of student acceptance to post secondary education among BC's high schools, with more than 50% of graduates entering a Public Post-Secondary Institution in British Columbia.

Protests from local parents resulted in signs being affixed to the chain link fence surrounding the site and parents and children waving posters and placards at passing motorists on one of the busiest intersections serving Coquitlam's northwest neighborhoods.

(Parents Expecting Adequate Funding for Construction and Education), began selling imaginary bricks for $2 each in a fundraiser that was supported unanimously in a vote by the school board.

[7] The "Buy a Brick - Build a School" campaign resulted in funds being released in the 1996/97 capital budget for education in April 1996 with an announcement by Port Coquiltam MLA, Mike Farnsworth.

[8] Gleneagle Secondary School was officially opened on September 2, 1997 with 1200 students from grades 9 - 11.

[10] The C.O.A.S.T program (Coquitlam Outdoor Academic School Term) consists of one semester of regular classes where students take Math, Science 10, and two electives.

In 2015 it was reported that 1400 students were enrolled for the summer session, a higher density than the 2014/15 10-month school year.

[citation needed] Gleneagle has a music and theatre program that have won several awards and put on several performance throughout the year.

Broken Wing Theatre often practiced Black Box Theatre with minimal basic sets, music, and lighting for the acting classes, so as to speed up the rate of production and to focus resources on actor training and learning by participating, rather than reading about it or spending time creating sets.