[10] The school has a seven-period day and offers a wide variety of electives, including 11 programs in practical arts, and provides an almost entirely untracked curriculum for all students and a full range of AP and Honors classes in the five academic areas.

In 2009, the varsity boys' basketball team won the NCS Division III Final for the first time in the school's 101-year history.

Other sports offered include football, volleyball, cross country, soccer, softball, baseball, swimming, tennis, golf, track and field, wrestling, and badminton.

The bands annually perform the national anthem at a San Francisco Giants game, travel to southern California to participate in the Disney Magic Music Days main street parade, and march in the local Apple Blossom Festival Parade.

The jazz band and orchestra annually participate in the California Music Educators Association festivals and competitions.

[citation needed] West County High School choir department performs three concerts each year.

Another show was set up at Carnegie Hall during the same time period, and the choir was to sing songs directed by contemporary composer Eric Whitacre.

This was the first such cross country trip encountered by the West County High School Honor Choir.