Since the 2011–2012 school year, the Ohio Department of Education has been constructing a new statewide evaluation model and has not released overall building ratings.

[8] Mentor High School continues to see an increase in student achievement of National Merit recognition.

Mentor High School offers an extensive selection of 23 Advanced Placement courses including the following.

The Mentor High School Fighting Cardinal Marching Band, commonly called the FCMB, is a music program.

The band qualified for the state contest again in the fall of 2014, where they received their third Superior rating with their show entitled "The Divine Comedy.

"[citation needed] More recently, the band earned three superior ratings in a row at OMEA State Finals for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 marching seasons, with the shows "To Boldly Go!

[failed verification][citation needed][16] Mentor has four orchestras in its program, including Concert, Sinfonia, Symphony, and Mannheim.

Concert Orchestra is the smallest group, composed of stringed instruments and requires no audition to join.

Formerly of the Lake Erie League (LEL) and the Northeast Ohio Conference (NOC), Mentor now competes in the Greater Cleveland Conference (GCC)[19] The Mentor Cardinals have won several team and individual state championship titles and have many state appearances sponsored by the OHSAA.