[5] The school originally had two separate cafeterias for male and female students, although the practice of gender segregation at lunch was ended in the late 1940s.

[7] During its early years, Soldan graduated several notable individuals, including William McChesney Martin, Jr., the longest-serving Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, and Clark Clifford, a presidential adviser and United States Secretary of Defense.

[3] After the Brown v Board of Education decision in 1954, white parents and students of Soldan were among the most welcoming in the city toward integration.

[9] On the first day of integration, the school saw no protests, although national media personalities such as NBC evening news anchor John Cameron Swayze covered the event.

[11] Despite the relatively uneventful process, Soldan experienced a rapid change in the demographics of its student population.

The international studies magnet program originally was set for implementation at Northwest High School, but in August 1988, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh revised the district magnet school program.

[15][16] While the building was undergoing renovations, the city's Center for Management, Law and Public Policy magnet school was folded into the international studies program at Soldan.

[21] During the 2010–2011 school year, as part of a district budget process, Soldan began to accept seventh and eighth grade students.

Soldan currently offers its students several athletic and academic opportunities, that include: cross country, football, soccer, tennis, softball, and volleyball.

[25] In the 2009–2010 school year, Soldan had an enrollment of 749 students with 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio of 13.97.

[28][29] Since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001, Soldan has met the requirements for adequate yearly progress (AYP) twice.

In 2006, Soldan students achieved 17.2 percent proficiency in communication arts, allowing the school to meet AYP via making satisfactory progress.