Though BPSHS is a public school, enrollment is limited, and applicants undergo a highly competitive review process before admission.

Oscar S. Manalo's desire to open up the subject school for the best and brightest elementary graduates from 31 towns of the province who are inclined to sciences with high expectations to be future Batangueño scientists.

Sometime in 1995, NPC's Batangas Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant was seeking new ways of restoring its relationship with the community in line with the corporation's revitalized Social Responsibility Enhancement Program.

Studies revealed that the resident's negative perception for the power plant is mainly due to their lack of knowledge concerning its operation.

The features offered by the centrum laboratory, the library, the computers, the science gallery and the multi-purpose auditorium are very much needed by the students in the proposed school.

The full accreditation was granted on April 2, 2002, when DepEd Secretary Raul S. Roco signed the request for science high school establishment.

Dr. Librada C. Landicho, teacher-in-charge, made the series of follow-ups to the DepEd Central Office until the school was recognized and accredited.

Presently, the total enrollment is 140 and the teaching force is composed of eleven teachers, six of them are in the national item roll while five are borrowed from nearby schools.

BPSHS is noted for its prominence when it comes to science quiz bees, Metrobank - MTAP DepEd Challenge, Press Conferences and the like.

Last SY 2010–2011, the seniors of BPSHS grabbed the second place in the Regional Level for the Metrobank - MTAP DepEd Challenge.