In 2017 the Rye Neck Boys Varsity Soccer team won the Section 1 Class B championship. The team advanced to the regional final, falling to Center Moriches.
Rye Neck High School was ranked #140 on Newsweek's 2015 list of the Best High Schools in America[7]
Rye Neck High School was second runner-up for USA Weekend's 2007 "Showstopper Contest" for best high school musical, with their performance of Thoroughly Modern Millie. This beat out over 700 other entries.[8][9]
Four students from Rye Neck High School competed on The Challenge on News12 Westchester.
Rye Neck Varsity Boys Soccer '09-'10 have won the Section 1 Class B Championship with a 3 to 1 victory over Edgemont but fell to 2–1 loss in their Regional Final, which was the farthest they have been in over a decade.
Rye Neck Varsity Boys Soccer '10-'11 made it to the sectional finals (class B) for the 3rd year in a row.
Rye Neck's High School Mock trial team has won numerous state championships and regional championships in recent years.
In 2020, it was announced that long time Rye Neck HS Varsity Softball Coach, Joan Spedafino, was selected for induction into the New York State High School Softball Hall of Fame, as part of the Induction Class of 2021.
In 2013 Rye Neck's football team won the League and Section 1 Class C Championship, went on to win class C Regional Finals. Played in the Class C State Championship in the Carrier Dome only to lose to New York State perennial power Chenango Forks by the score of 28-27 finishing with a school best 11–1 record.