[3] HHS offers programs and courses in Advanced Placement,[5] work-based learning,[6] English for Speakers of Other Languages,[7] Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America,[8] and Career and Technology.

It relies on "test participation, academic achievement and other indicators, such as the attendance or graduation rates at a school".

[11] According to U.S. News & World Report's 2017 national rankings, "Howard High School in Bibb County earned a silver medal, as No.

"[13] Georgia's School Grades report for 2020-2021 presented a performance snapshot of HHS including these points:[14] In February 2022, the CBS station WMAZ-TV highlighted Howard High School's newly opened "Howling Huskie" coffee shop as "real-life coffee shop experience while students get real-life work experience".

A second sales tax initiative, passed in 2004, was needed to complete construction on Howard High in north Bibb County.