Much of NCDES's student body come from the local area, but NCDE is open to enrolments from throughout the province of BC.

The opening ceremony was attended by the then BC Premier, Bill Vander Zalm and other local politicians.

Originally a paper based correspondence school, NCDES has recently moved completely to online delivery of content.

[3] NCDES has also embraced many other technologies and has developed an active on-line presence in social media both to interact with students and to provide educational resources.

[4][5] A number of First Nations bands make use of the services provided by NCDES, to augment their own educational resources.