These schools include Wilby, Kennedy, Holy Cross, Crosby, Sacred Heart, Waterbury Career, Watertown, Torrington, Derby, Ansonia, St. Paul, Woodland Regional, Wolcott, Seymour, and Oxford.

NHS has a storied football rivalry with the high school in Ansonia that is one of the longest in America.

Like the other high schools in the Naugatuck Valley, the two teams meet the morning of Thanksgiving Day.

[3] Men's sports offered include soccer, football, cross country, swimming, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & field, wrestling, baseball, tennis, and golf.

Women's sports offered include soccer, volleyball, cross country, swimming, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & field, softball, tennis, and golf.