Space requirements, due mainly to ballooning enrollment and continued reorganization as a result of the 1951 merger, prompted the district to relocate Eagle Hill to a new building on a new campus in 1972, so the high school could expand into the junior high's previous facilities.

[4][5] Because of this, the athletic teams' mascots are the Hornets, and several of the names used for the school newspaper over the years have been hornet-related (see Extracurriculars, below).

°–° There are currently 1,405 students[7] enrolled at F-M High School and 130 faculty members, for a student-teacher ratio of approximately 14:1.

As of the 2005–06 school year, the racial/ethnic makeup of the student population was 91.8% White, 2.7% Black or African American, 4.4% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 0.8% Hispanic.

F-M is part of an extremely small percentage in the country that does not rank students publicly with the exception of awarding valedictorian to a graduating senior.

The dropout rate also remained under 1%, about half of whom enrolled in a High School Equivalency or GED program.

Student-run publications include the Oakleaves yearbook, the student newspaper called The Buzz (formerly The Sting, formerly the Hornet's Nest), and a literary magazine, Voices.

The final production of the year, called Showboat, is the annual student-run talent show, a tradition reaching back several decades.

[29] F-M's 32 varsity teams compete in the Metro Division of the SCAC, Section III of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA),[30] and Section III of the New York State Scholastic Rowing Association.

Subsequent additions and renovations have allowed the school to keep up with advances in technology, increases in enrollment, and changes in curriculum.

One student was caught trying to remove an electronic monitoring device (a hardware keylogger) from a school computer on October 24, 2007.

Another student was caught trying to break into the school earlier that day, and the third was found waiting in a nearby car.