It serves students in grades nine through twelve and is a part of the Houston Independent School District.

Heights High School is HISD's Magnet School of Computer Technology and offers the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB) Middle Years Program (till 10th grade) and twenty Advanced Placement (AP) courses.

When the original building on Yale and 12th burned in 1924, a new location for the high school was picked in the block between Oxford and Arlington, 13th and 14th.

Connelly said that a coworker told him that Reagan looked like Rydell High School in Grease.

The school’s A/V program is the only authorized Apple training center in the Houston area, giving students the opportunity to earn certification in Apple Final Cut Pro video editing software.

[citation needed] Transportation Pathway – Students study in specialized labs designed for automotive mechanics and repair.

[citation needed] International Baccalaureate – (IB) – In 2013, Reagan became an official IB World School offering the Middle Years Programme (from 6th to 10th grade) in partnership with Hogg Middle School.

The football team is cheered on by Bulldog Cheerleaders, the “redcoats”, and a marching band composed of about 140 students.

Heights High School takes students from most of the Houston Heights neighborhood,[16] a small portion of Downtown Houston, the Fourth Ward, East Norhill, Woodland Heights, Brooke Smith, Magnolia Grove,[17] Stude[18] the Old Sixth Ward, The Historic 1st Ward, and a small portion of Midtown.

Other parts of Houston northwest of downtown within the 610 Loop are zoned to Heights High as well.