The Parry McCluer High School football team has won the state championship five times: in 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, and 1987.

[3] The boy's Outdoor track team got 2nd place in 2024, losing to Lancaster high school at the VHSL Class 1 state championships.

The girls' basketball team won their first state title in 2017 under Coach Adam Gilbert, and went on to repeat as champions the following season (2018), while winning the regional tournament as well.

The Parry McCluer marching band was formed by the local chapter of the American Legion in 1941.

Parry McCluer High School features prominently in Orson Scott Card's novel, The Lost Gate and its sequels.