SHS houses the only International Baccalaureate programme in the division, as well as being one of two sites for the Commonwealth Governor's School.

Both of these centers are made up of students accepted into the program who come from SHS, as well as other high schools in Spotsylvania County.

SHS also works in partnership with Germanna Community College to offer the Gladys P. Todd academy, where students attend GCC during the day for their junior and senior years - achieving an associate degree along with their high school diploma upon graduation.

[5] The Advanced Placement (AP) Program gives students the opportunity to pursue college-level studies while still at Spotsylvania County.

Upon completion of the courses, students may receive advanced placement and/or credit when entering college.

Academically oriented students are strongly encouraged to participate in the Advanced Placement Program.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme's Diploma Program was recently added to SHS in 2016, with the Class of 2018 seeing its first graduates.

This made Moses the 1st individual wrestling state championship in Spotsylvania history in 30 years.

[citation needed] Spotsylvania High school has won 4 State championships since their existence.

The first baseball State Championship is the 13–8 win in extra innings against Abingdon High School on June 9, 2018.