Founded in 1980 as CD Ensino, the club debuted in the third tier of the Spanish league system, called 2ª División Nacional, with most players coming from the Compañía de María school in Lugo.

In its seventh season, the club finished 3rd and promoted to the second tier league, called the 1ª División B.

After eleven seasons and five failed promotion playoffs, Ensino came back to Liga Femenina in 2018.

It achieved a streak of 19 consecutive wins, including the four games of the promotion playoffs, in the third season of Juan Nécega as head coach.

Porta XI Ensino CBF is not to be confused with an older women's basketball club from Lugo, Xuncas Baloncesto, which played in the first tier league from 1986-87 to 1991-92, when it was dissolved.