Accolades
- consistent UIL Sweepstakes winner (3 concert bands)
- finalist at the Birdville and Duncanville Marching Festivals
- consistent 1st division scores at Bands of America Regional Championships
- qualified for Texas State Marching Contest in 2000
- numerous All-Region Jazz, All-Region Band, Area, and Texas All-State students
- numerous 1st division recipients at UIL Solo Contest
- winner of UTA and TCU Jazz Festivals
- 2nd place Music & Arts national jazz ensemble contest
- Best-In-Class at American Classic Festivals in Corpus Christi, Dallas, and Breckenridge
- performance by invitation at the 2002 Bands of America National Concert Festival in Indianapolis
- numerous National Merit commended, semi-finalist, and finalists
- two students score perfect 1600 on SAT (approx 600 out of 1.6 million each year)
- numerous students rank at the top of their classes including several NSHS Salutatorians and Valedictorians
- former students at Princeton, Michigan, Georgia Tech, Cal Berkley, Indiana, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Texas, and Texas A&M