[7] 80% of the class of 2022 had post-secondary experiences while still in high school through BHS, including AP and dual-credit classes, courses through Fox Valley Career Center, and a Waubonsee Community College manufacturing program.

From 1913 to 2023, (with the exceptions of the years 1914, 1915, and 1918, and then in 1934, 1935, and 1936, when Batavia did not field a football team, as well as in 1996 when the two teams were in different divisions of their conference, and most recently in the year 2020 when the game was rescheduled for April 2, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic),[15] the Geneva Vikings and the Batavia Bulldogs have faced off on the football field 106 times.

In 2006, the Batavia Varsity Football Team played in the Class 6A State Championship game at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium against Normal Community High School.

[17] In 2013, the Bulldogs won the Class 6A State Championship game 34–14 over Richards High School of Oak Lawn.

[18] In 2017, the Bulldogs won the Class 7A State Championship game in Northern Illinois University' Huskie Stadium, beating Lake Zurich High School 20–14 in overtime.

Batavia earned its first state medalist in 1981, with Steve Duvall securing fourth place.

[21][22] In recent history, the Batavia girls' wrestling team has been competitive at the state level.

Taylin Long won first place in 2019, becoming Batavia's first girls' wrestling state champion.

Sydney Perry won first place consecutively from 2021-2024, becoming the only wrestler in Batavia's history to claim a state title in every year of their high school career.

In 2015, the band performed the show "Square the Circle" with music by jazz guitarist Pat Metheny.

In 2022, the band performed the show "When the Forest Calls" and placed 3rd overall for their class and won caption awards in all competitions they attended.

[29] The Batavia Cheer Team has competed in ICCA and IHSA competitions since their inception in the early 2000s.[when?]

On November 26, 2019, a BHS student was arrested and charged with 14 crimes, including attempted first-degree murder and terrorism, for allegedly plotting to bomb the school.

"[31] With local authorities, they conducted a search of the student's home and discovered numerous chemicals, compounds, and laboratory equipment to make bombs.

[32] In his notebook, he allegedly planned a "Dies irae," latin for "Day of Wrath," at BHS in which he would "detonate bombs in the high school’s restrooms, throw molotov cocktails and a hand grenade down hallways and die in a suicide," according to prosecutors.

[30] An FBI social media check on him found "suspicious accounts that were suspected to be related to anti-Semitism/Nazi/Hitler.

"[31] The student's case was transferred to adult court and he was detained for months[31] before pleading guilty.

As part of the plea deal, he avoided potentially decades in prison but agreed to serve four years of probation and mental health treatment in a residency program.

In 2023, the Batavia High School Wind Symphony was invited to perform at the 2023 Illinois Music Educators Conference (IMEC).