It serves students in grades 9 through 12 who reside in the towns of Exeter, Stratham, Kensington, Newfields, Brentwood, and East Kingston, New Hampshire.

[5] The "Pinnacle" yearbook was first produced in 1949 as a joint effort by Exeter High School and Robinson Female Seminary.

The new Exeter High School opened on the outskirts of town, at 1 Blue Hawk Drive, on New Hampshire Route 27 in August 2006.

With the help of various private grants, small-scale approvals of using tax-payer money set aside for SAU-16, and community fundraising efforts starting as early as 2006,[8] they were eventually able to begin demolishing the building in December 2012.

[10] In addition to courses available on campus, students can enroll in programs at the Seacoast School of Technology (or SST), also in Exeter.

[16] Various service-based clubs have made sizable donations of time and resources to organizations such as End 68 Hours of Hunger,[17] though not all are local.

[18] For several years, the intermediate and advanced division certamen teams from Latin Club placed among the top three at statewide competitions.

[20][21] According to annual profiles published on the school website, about 65% of each graduating senior class directly enrolls in a four-year college or university, between 10% and 15% enroll in a two-year college program, with the remaining students electing to pursue employment, technical training, volunteer work, the armed services, and many other options after graduation.

From the years 2012–2017, the high school has had four principals, Victor Sokul (2005-2012),[22] Sean Kiley (2012-2014), James Tremblay (2014-2017),[23] and Michael Monahan (2017- ).

[25] In 2010 the installation of 465 solar panels (supplied by AltE) generates about 100 kilowatts of power and offsets the school's energy consumption by 5%.

[citation needed] Students at Exeter High School are required to participate in two semesters of athletic programs.

Zack Dziama (class of 2003) and Tyler Grant (2013) have won the Gatorade Player of the Year for football in New Hampshire.

[32] On November 19, 2011, playing at the home of defending champion Pinkerton Academy of Derry, Exeter won its first Division I title, 23–13.

The school's girls' swimming and diving team has won the NH Division I state championship four times since 2016 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020).

The Exeter High School boys varsity soccer team has won the New Hampshire state championship five times since 2001.

Then again in the 2016 season, Coach Jim Tufts led the boys to victory against Manchester Memorial High School in a score of 5-0[34]43°01′00″N 71°00′02″W / 43.01677°N 71.00042°W / 43.01677; -71.00042.

In February 2009, the school sparked controversy when then-Principal Victor Sokul removed 19 students from a dance, claiming they had been grinding.

"[46] School staff denied the claim, saying the student had not received the suspension for expressing his opinion, but rather for using "crude and disrespectful language.

[49] On February 10, 2020, then–presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg held a campaign rally in the Exeter High School cafeteria; he was introduced by actor Kevin Costner.