The school is named after the late Wallace Rider Farrington, the sixth governor of the Territory of Hawaiʻi, who served from 1921 to 1929.

FHS is the home of the Governors and is part of the Hawaii State Department of Education.

A technician doing a sound check in the auditorium was safe from harm due to his location in the stage.

[3] Farrington High School was designed by noted Hawaiʻi architect Charles William Dickey [1] Archived 2004-06-22 at the Wayback Machine.

The campus boasts the sculpture The Seed by renowned Hawaiian artist Satoru Abe.