[5] Burlington High was one of 30 schools in the state of Massachusetts named to the AP Honor Roll by the College Board in 2011 for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams.

[10] According to Boston Magazine, these rankings are based heavily on MCAS scores and schools are not contacted annually for updated data.

[11] The campus currently housing Burlington High School was opened in 1973 and is situated on 365,000 sq ft of land.

As a result of facilitating the Early Childhood Center, Burlington High School includes Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten demographic statistics to the Massachusetts Department of Education in their yearly reports, and these students are considered part of the High School's enrollment.

In May, 2014 The Burlington High School Select Singers sang at the famous NYC Carnegie Hall as part of a festival with three other choruses from around the United States.

There is a large cast and crew, and professional set, lighting and costume designers are hired.

Recent musicals include Jekyll & Hyde in 2005, Anything Goes in 2006, Les Misérables in 2007, Thoroughly Modern Millie (the first to run for more than one weekend) in 2008, The Wizard of Oz in 2009, Titanic in 2010, Disney's Beauty and the Beast in 2011, Kiss Me, Kate in 2012, Hairspray in 2013, Grease in 2014, The Music Man in 2015, Mary Poppins in 2016, and Peter Pan in 2017.