FHS takes part in numerous international exchange programs, including trips to Ireland, France, Spain, Germany and Italy.

In 2009, Fairport became the first high school in New York State to offer a course in Game Design and Development.

Prior to the introduction of high school classes to Fairport, families with the means could send their teenage children to academies or seminaries in nearby towns.

[9] July 10, 1968 marked the groundbreaking of the current Fairport High School on Ayrault Road, which opened to students on December 7, 1970.

[10] From 1924 to 1959, the Fairport High School campus was located at 71 West Avenue, only two blocks from Main Street in the village.

[12] Classes for the seventh and eighth grades were conducted on the first floor alongside offices for the superintendent and principal.

The basement contained the school cafeteria and kitchens as well as rooms for manual training, home economics, and business classes.

The athletic fields include: In addition, there is a concession stand as well as an admissions booth used for FHS Sporting Events.

In the 1990s an East and West Wing was added to the school which held additional class space.

[19] The high school is divided into three houses (Red, White, Blue) each with its own assistant principal.

[21] However, the IB programs were cut at FHS after the 2011–12 school year due to budget constraints.

A Pit Orchestra is also selected from the top students every year to perform during the spring musical.

FHS has a strong athletic tradition in many of its varsity sports such as baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, tennis, volleyball, soccer, softball, swimming, gymnastics, and cross country.

1 in the state 16 times since 1982,[23] the men's swimming program at Fairport High School has won 20 Section V Class A titles, including 17 in a row from 1981 to 1997.

[24] Along with winning the Class A Section 5 championship 10 times, the cross country team also had a state champion, Pat Dupont, in 2007.

Thursday's program is known as Unplugged, and is a non-stop musical performance available to students with free periods or lunch.

A song written about this week by former students Sean Lyness, John Cieply, Pat Dupont, and David Lachance is played yearly.