In the 1970s, there were two high schools in the district: Dwight D. Eisenhower Senior High School, named for the former general and U.S. president and Charles A. Lindbergh Senior High School named for the Minnesota native and famed aviator.

The older building was converted to a community center and theater.

The Language Arts Department has been named a "Center for Excellence" by the National Council of Teachers of English in recognition of the writing program.

The Community Involvement program is one of six in the nation honored by the IBM Corporation and U.S. News & World Report.

[4] Hopkins is also home to KHOP-TV which produces both weekly shows and cable programming, a school dance program called the Royelles, a Hip-Hop dance team named Deeply Royal, as well as a Student Government and school newspaper.