The school is a charter member of the Citrus Coast League, a conference within the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) that was established in 2018.
Carpinteria 2001 graduate Chris Gocong won the Buchanan Award as the outstanding defensive player in D-l FCS football while playing for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
In 2018, the Carpinteria boys' soccer team won the CIF-SS championship for the second time in school history (the first was in 1999) and won the CIF State Southern California regionals in Division 6 over Rubidoux High School, which is Carpinteria's first regional champion win in program history.
Other sports offered at Carpinteria include basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, volleyball, softball, swimming, and water polo.
[2] In April 2007, the board made the decision to remove all Native American imagery from the school, but was met with public outcry.