[6][7] The school catered to students from the Huonville, Ranelagh, Lucaston, Mountain River, Franklin, and Crabtree.

[9][10] In 2020, the school reported 393 total enrolments, with 21% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 2% of students with a language background other than English.

[12] Huonville High School offers a range of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Tasmanian Assessment, Standards and Certification (TASC) accredited courses for years 11 and 12 students at the Huon Valley Trade Training Centre and their Advanced Learning Centre (ALC).

With the money from the award, the Zayed Huon Energy Futures Team installed 125 solar panels (36 kilowatts) onto Huonville High School.

[16][17] The Zayed Team consists of students from the high school who volunteer their time and energy to create and organise events with climate change and sustainability in mind.

According to the Zayed HEFT website, students at Huonville High School said climate change was their number one concern.