It serves students in grades 9–12 in the Burlington-Edison School District, including the communities of Burlington, Bow, Edison, and Alger.

[5] In 1997 it became known to the public that longtime biology teacher Roger DeHart had been teaching intelligent design in his curriculum through excerpts of Of Pandas and People and Inherit the Wind.

DeHart was later reassigned to earth sciences, and in 2001 he resigned and took a teaching job at Marysville-Pilchuck High School.

[6][7] The Naval Junior ROTC Unit at Burlington-Edison, also known as the "Tiger Company" teaches leadership, followership, and basic skills needed to succeed in the world today.

Drill Teams practice on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; Color Guard on Wednesday.

On occasion in the past the Senior class, NS3, has taken a field trip aboard a Naval Destroyer for a day, but due to terror threats and security, these have been put to a stop.

In 2007, they had a final record of 19-4, claiming the Northwest League Championship and 2nd place in districts, losing to Archbishop Murphy High School.

That same season, the Girls Soccer team placed second in the state, losing 2-1 to Fife High School in the championship game.

The golf program has also had many individual state champions, including the following: The Cross Country team under coach Sue Wright has seen much success over the past half-decade.

In 2008, they made the state tournament, but lost the first-place trophy to rival Sehome, finishing second.

The Tiger football team won state titles in 1971, 1977 and 1986 led by coach Glenn Rickert.

The Tigers have found recent success in the past decade under head coach Bruce Shearer, who retired after the 2011 season.

On January 13, 2012, B-EHS hired alumni Herb Lehman, Class of 1995, after the retirement of Bruce Shearer, to take over the reign of the Tigers Head Coaching job.