Box Hill Senior Secondary College has no feeder schools, new students are welcomed from all over Melbourne, but are only selected after interview.

Box Hill Senior Secondary College is also the location of the Middle Years Sports Campus, which was established in 2005.

Students of the Middle Years Sports Campus have access to all Box Hill Senior Secondary College's facilities to help them learn.

[1] Despite being a government school, uniform is not compulsory in Years 10–12 at Box Hill Senior Secondary College.

Students are able to integrate their chosen sport specialty with a wide range of academic pursuits.