DATA was founded in 1999 and is connected with the Ed White Middle School and Theodore Roosevelt High School in the North East Independent School District.
The middle school program opened at the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year with an initial class of 142 sixth-grade students.[1] At that time, the program was available for students from sixth to eighth grades.[1] After completing eighth grade, students would continue in an accelerated program at Roosevelt High School.[1]