The United States Navy also conducts a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps as an elective in the curriculum.

In April, 2007 the We The People team received the Mountain Plains Regional Championship in the National Finals.

[citation needed] Highland High school has a very diverse population, with students from many cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.

HHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) as a class 4A school in District 6.

[citation needed] For season three of the AMC series Breaking Bad, a scene was filmed inside the Highland gymnasium.

Series creator Mike Judge lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico during his high school years.

Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Kirtland Air Force Base, and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History are adjacent to but outside of the city limits.Rio Grande HS and Sandia Peak Tramway are near but not in the city limits.