The school contains a television studio that is used for morning announcements in homeroom and sends out feeds for the local public access station.

Located on the East Wing of the school features a half-size Olympic-style swimming pool currently leased by the YMCA of the Meadowlands.

[12][13] The theater arts program puts out two performances each school year; a play in November, and a musical in March.

[14][15][16] Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Rutherford was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Division.

[22] The 1940 team pulled ahead by 23-12 at the half and held off a late rally to upset Bound Brook by a final score of 42-33 in the championship game.

[23] The boys' track team won the Group I / II state indoor relay championship in 1969.

[26] In 2007, the girls' soccer team, seeded #3, won the North II, Group II state sectional championship with a 5-4 win on penalty kicks over top-seeded Summit High School in the tournament final, the team's first title in this section.

[29] In 2017, the football team finished the season with a 12-0 record and won its first championship in the playoff era, defeating sixth-seeded Hackettstown High School in the finals of the North II Group II state sectional tournament, in a game played at MetLife Stadium.

[30][31] The 2018 team won the program's second consecutive sectional title, defeating Lyndhurst High School by a 32-14 score in the tournament final[32] and went on to win the inaugural North Group II bowl game with a 62-14 win against Kittatinny Regional High School.