 In January 2012 E. Dale Mitchell, who previously served as the principal of Hutto Middle School in Hutto, Texas and worked in the Stafford Municipal School District, became the principal of Sterling.Houston Airport System established an aviation club at Sterling and Carnegie Vanguard High School in the fall of 2012.As of 2013, the school had 900 students, and 1,100 HISD students living in the school's attendance zone opted not to attend Sterling.