The school hosted a cultural exchange with Japanese pupils from Nichidai Third Junior High School between 2005 and 2008.

[3] They won the 2009 Otago Daily Times Extra spelling Quiz for Year 9 and 10.

[5] As of November 2024, East Otago High School has roll of 171 students, of which 38 (22.2%) identify as Māori.

[1] As of 2024, East Otago High School has an Equity Index of 485,[6] placing it amongst schools whose students have above average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 4 under the former socio-economic decile system).

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