[15][16][17] In 1980, the boys' basketball team finished the season with a record of 25-3 after winning the Group I state championship, defeating Mahwah High School by a score of 86-75 in the tournament final.

[23] The high school's "Communications Academy", started in September 2000, provides courses in video production, mass media, journalism, and computer graphics.

[23] In 2000, a cable-television sitcom created by a student in one of Clayton High School's video production classes was broadcast on Comcast's Channel 31 in the community.

[24] Clayton High School has received press coverage for offering students distance learning opportunities at Gloucester County College and elsewhere.

In 1998, for instance, 15 students from the high school took a Psychology 101 course at the college via a closed-circuit television hookup.