Newsweek ranked East 420 out of the top 1,000 high schools in America in 2015.

West Chester East, along with Henderson and Rustin, competes in the Ches-Mont League, a fourteen high school sports league primarily located in Chester County.

They begin the year with a fall play, present a musical in late February, and a student written and directed One Act Festival in the spring.

The student run organization K.A.R.E., a community service group is quite popular, as is the JLCC (Japanese Language and Culture Club).

The Norse Code is the official newspaper club where many students publish news both online and in print.

Beginning competition in the American Computer Science League in 2009, the school's programming team earned 3rd place in their division in the 09–10 season.