In 2008, citizens voted to approve a bond issue to build a new University campus, which opened for the 2011 school year.

In the fall of 2012, it absorbed the district magnet school A.J.

Moore Academy as a separate unit on its campus, with a full merger between the two in the 2013 school year.

In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.

[2] University High competes in these sports - [3] Volleyball, Cross Country, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball and Baseball.