It is approved and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown.

Alice Einoff was principal for the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 academic years during the COVID-19 pandemic during which many months of school instruction were online.

In the late 2010s, Berks Catholic had capacity issues since the school could not support the number of students attending.

[citation needed] A $9 million expansion project was completed by the beginning of the 2018 school year to fix this issue.

The meeting has not taken place in football since 2019, when Wyomissing stopped scheduling non-required matchups with Berks Catholic.

In the years without the Backyard Brawl, the game between Berks Catholic and Exeter Township Senior High School was the most spirited local match up.

Anthony Myers was a track runner and football running back and cornerback for Berks Catholic High School.

He received a video supporting him which had many high school teams and sports stars sending messages of support, including Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright, JJ Redick of the Philadelphia 76ers, and Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari wishing Myers well.

Myers also appeared on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football and was given free tickets to Super Bowl LIII.