Enrollment is open to the public, and families of prospective students may submit an application to attend.

The school was located on the property of Walters Collegiate Institute and was housed in the Central University Building.

Colonel Crawford served one terms as director, followed by Professor Ira Waite Jayne (1907–09) and E. George Payne (1909–1910).

Dr. John Grant Crabbe, then President of the college, assumed the duties of the directorship and held that position until he retired in 1918.

Plans for the new Model Laboratory School were initiated in 1959 by President William F. O'Donnell and the Eastern Board of Regents.

Model currently offers a wide variety of athletics including swimming, diving, volleyball, tennis, golf, soccer, baseball, basketball, softball, track, archery, and cross-country.

The two divisions retained their respective organizations, but combined such activities as commencement, athletics, and music until the schools were separated in 1961.

In the summer of 2019, the school debuted The Center for Educator Excellence, its professional development organization, which hosted the first ever AP Summer Institute with the goal of providing high school teachers the best practices to teach college-level content.