[1] David "Mick" Galloway became the principal at the start of the 2023–2024 school year.

[3][4] Until court-ordered desegregation began in 1963, Brevard High was white, and black students attended a school in Hendersonville.

Sports include basketball, cross-country, golf, football, soccer, track, volleyball, and wrestling.

In 1963, a racially integrated team played Reidsville High School to a 0–0 draw in the state AAA championship; the teams were declared co-champions and after winning a coin toss, Brevard took the trophy.

[10][11] Brevard has had a longstanding athletic rivalry with the Hendersonville High School Bearcats;[12][13] incidents with unruly spectators led to a 1963 ban on competitions between the two teams without special permission.