[4][5] Construction on the school began in July 2015, and was completed in January 2017.

[8] Prior to Rolleston College's opening, the nearest secondary school to Rolleston was Lincoln High School in the town of Lincoln.

[9] The school consists of approximately 150 teachers, and 200 total staff.

[15] Then-Minister of Education Chris Hipkins said at the end of 2021, when making the land purchase announcement, that the expansion would take the college’s capacity to about 3400 students.

[14] If the school reaches or exceeds its future capacity, that would make Rolleston College the largest school in New Zealand, beating out Rangitoto College in Auckland, which has around 3200 students.