[3] It was ranked number thirty in the state and first in the Springfield metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report in 2022.

[4] It is now ranked number nineteen in the state and first in the Springfield metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report for 2023-24.

Nixa High School has Football, Marching Band, Softball, Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Track and Field, Golf, Swimming, Bowling, Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, and Bass Fishing.

In 2014, Nixa went to the Class 5 Football State Championship, but fell short by 3 points in a 25–22 loss to Battle High School.

(2005), Pulse (2006), Vertigo (2007), At Dawn They Slept (2008), A Brand New World (2009), ESCAPE (2010), Juxtapose (2011), Wolf (2012), Room 218: Night at the Crescent Hotel (2013), SUPER (2014), CONNECT (2015), Goodnight Moon (2016), JOY (2017), Birds of a Feather (2018), Thorns Remain (2019), Up and Away (2020), Kaleido: A Scope of Glass and Light (2021), This Winter’s Night (2022), Behind Their Eyes (2023), One Dark Night: Stories in the Sky (2024) Starting in the 2023 season, the band abandoned the model of using the same uniforms for several years, and began using new uniforms each season which would be tailored to that season's show theme, similar to the color guard uniforms.

To much outcry from largely Christian groups on Facebook, the band was forced to abandon $2,000 worth of fabric, which were intended to mimic constellations.