At Halifax County High, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and testing.

The school fields 16 different sports in baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, cross country, football, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' soccer, softball, boys' and girls' tennis, track and field, girls' volleyball, wrestling, and swimming diving & JV/ Varsity cheerleading DECA, HOSA, JROTC, FFA, FBLA, FCCLA, FEA, YOVASO, Teens 4 Christ, Voices, Robotics Club, National Honor Society, Latin Club, and Peer Mediation, and the Comet Crazies.

The club's goal is to educate the students and the teachers about the dangers of distracted driving.

Since the club chapter was founded, the high school has not had another death by car wreck as of May 5, 2020.

The DECA club prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.