Prior to 2012 it was a part of the Mobile County Public School System.

The building that housed the first Satsuma High School in 1918 to 2000 has recently been remodeled to hold the history department, a few mathematics classes, and a gymnasium.

Satsuma's 2019 Teacher of the Year is Mrs. Tiffany Miller (English, Peer Helpers, Mythology, and Azalea Trail).

After Saraland left the Mobile County system, Satsuma's student enrollment dropped each year from 2008 to 2011.

[7] Before the split of the City of Saraland, Satsuma received students from Adams Middle School.