With the exception of the rigorous "Advanced Math and Science Class" of the Senior High School department, NEHS only admits children of employees of private enterprises in the Science Park, government organizations, the Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, and National Tsing Hua University.

In 2009, the school adjusted qualification and number of enrollment in response to the national decline of birth rate and the Great Recession, which impacted the employment status of parents working in the Science Park.

[1] International Bilingual School at Hsinchu Science Park (IBSH), formerly known as the Bilingual Department, is affiliated with NEHS and provides a rigorous American-style curriculum supplemented with a mandatory Mandarin Chinese language program in addition to other national education requirements dictated by the Taiwanese government.

[4][5] The temple is the center of a broader historic region called "Jinshan Mian" including today's Science Park.

Jinshan Mian (Chinese: 金山面; pinyin: Jinshanmian, also written as "Kin-San-Mian") was named and developed by Hakka and Hokkien settler organization in the late 18th century.

On March 23, 1982, Kwoh-Ting Li, the then Minister of the Executive Yuan, chaired a special meeting, during which the proposal of establishing National Experimental High School at the Science-based Industrial Park was formally approved by representatives from the Ministry of Education, National Science Council, academic and research institutions, and as well as universities in the neighborhood of the Science Park.