[citation needed] Reseda opened with complete academic and science buildings, a gymnasium, track & field, Industrial shops, including an automotive repair facility.

[citation needed] It was one of few high schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a complete auditorium when it was built.

[2] Reseda Charter programs include Charter Academy residential school 6-8 & 9-12, an International Dual Language Center 6-8 & 9-12(Spanish), a School for Advanced Studies 6-8 & 9-12: PLTW Biomedical Science CTE pathway, the Arts, Media & Entertainment Magnet: Film Production and Management CTE Magnet, the Police Academy Magnet CTE Magnet, and the Reseda High School Science Magnet: PLTW Biomedical Science CTE and PLTW Engineering CTE Magnet an award-winning arts program including: animation, marching band, dance, graphic art, jazz band, orchestra, stagecraft, studio art, and theater arts Academic Decathlon program, Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, chapter of Health Occupations Students of America, Science Bowl.

In addition, Reseda Charter has a competitive flag and drill team performing and competing with the marching band.

The teams have won CIF Championships in sports including football, basketball, track & field, soccer, volleyball, cross country, and tennis.

Reseda's football field is dedicated to former head coach Joel Shaeffer, who died in early January 2013.

The program prepares students to be successful at the college level in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, engineering, geology, and environmental science.

On February 22, 1993, 15-year-old Robert Heard shot and killed 17-year-old Michael Shean Ensley in a corridor of Reseda High School.