In March 2000, Hoffman Estates High School sent the first Special Olympic Unified Floor Hockey Team in the state to Anchorage, Alaska.

In July 2003, a Hoffman Estates Special Olympic athlete represented Illinois and the United States in Dublin, Ireland.

Special Olympics events at Hoffman Estates High School include volleyball, basketball, track, and snowshoeing.

The main corridor is adorned with paintings of Walter Payton on the walls to symbolize the Hall-of-Famer who served as the basketball assistant coach of the team after his retirement from the Bears.

On January 16, 2020, Michael Alther was appointed to be Hoffman Estates High School's sixth principal.

[13] In 2013, a team from the school won the prestigious Argonne National Laboratory's 18th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, cheerleading and water polo.

The following athletic teams placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournaments or meets:[20] The Hawkeye View has consistently been rated with excellent marks in regional and national press contests.

The student-run, student-produced newspaper has also received the Medalist rating, Columbia Scholastic Press Association's (CSPA) highest award.

Fourteen students teamed up to take tests in math, English, chemistry, physics, biology, computers, and engineering graphics.

In Mid-Suburban League competition, the team tallied 15 wins and 0 losses en route to claiming the conference championship.

[19] Beginning in 2012, the HEHS Business Professionals of America have won numerous state and national awards.

The parliamentary procedure teams, founded by Carter Trousdale and Shreyas Gandlur in 2013 with the guidance of Dr. Kerri Largo, won first and second place at state competition in 2015,[21] second and third in 2016,[22] first and second in 2017,[23] and first and second in 2018.