McAdam High School is a two-story wood frame structure of 4,424 square meters.

[4] The curriculum at McAdam includes cooperative education, which places students in local businesses and in the Fredericton area.

The premier observed the lab would enhance students' abilities to compete in the global marketplace.

[7] The school's sports teams are members of the New Brunswick Interscholastic Athletic Association.

[8] A skateboard park, funded by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Foundation grant, opened in 2011 adjacent to the high school.