Somers High School offers a New York Stateregents curriculum augmented by Advanced Placement courses and a variety of electives. The school has local chapters of the National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society. For the 2006-2007 school year Somers had a graduation rate of 100% with 97% receiving a regents diploma and 61% receiving a regents diploma with advanced designation. Of graduating students: 77% enrolled in a 4-year college, 18% enrolled in a 2-year college, 5% became employed full-time, and less than 1% joined the military. In 2008, Alexander Saeboe won 2nd place in the team competition at the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
Athletics
Somers High School's mascot is an elephant, and the teams' nickname, the Tuskers, are to honor the town of Somers being known for hosting the first American circus.
Baseball
The baseball team had won league titles in 1972, 2000 and 2001. In 2007 the team won the Class A title. The team followed up with another Sectional title in 2008. In 2009 they won the Section 1 Class A crown. In 2007 Rob Sanzillo, a Somers High School graduate, was drafted in by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Football
The Tuskers were state champions in 2016. In 2012, the team won the regular season League A title in Class A and won the Section 1 championship. In the 2013 season, Somers won the Section 1 title once again. The 2013 team's record was 9-2. The current varsity coach, Tony DeMatteo, is the most victorious coach in Section 1 New York State football history, and has been named high school football's most motivational coach of all-time by the NFL.
Ice Hockey
The Somers ice hockey team is merged with that of North Salem High School. In the 2007-08 season, Somers/North Salem had their winningest season in either school's history by finishing 16-9-1 and winning their first ever sectional game against rival JFK/Putnam Valley.
Lacrosse
The boys' lacrosse team has been to eight sectional title games from 2000–2010, winning in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2009. The team was also defeated in the NY State semifinals in 2000-2002 and 2006 and in the state title game in 2003. Since 2002, nine Tuskers have earned All-American honors. By year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. 2009: The Tuskers run to their last Sectional Championship.
Soccer
The girls' soccer team has won five sectional titles and reached the NY State Class A State Semi-Finals in 2006 and 2011. The girls won the Class A New York State Public High School Athletic Association State Championship in 2014. The boys' soccer team won the Section 1 title in 1998 and finished the season ranked fifth in New York State. In 2016, they won the State Championships.
Track and Field
The school's only Track state championship came cross country in 2004. The cross country team also won the sectional title in 2005, 2007, and 2016. The indoor track and field team won the section championship in 1984, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005–2008, and 2010.
Wrestling
Somers won its first state championship in 2009 in the 103 pound weight class, and won another state championship in 2011 in the 135 lb weight class.