The Heights School currently has 13 different sports teams:
cross country,
golf,
soccer,
basketball,
squash,
swimming,
wrestling,
baseball,
lacrosse,
tennis,
track and field,
rugby, and
rock climbing. The Heights School is known for fielding especially strong soccer teams. Products of The Heights program include former national team and professional player
Freddy Adu. Players from The Heights are often recruited by top programs. In the fall of 2018 – the first year of membership in the WCAC – The Heights varsity soccer team won the
Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship following their undefeated season. The team was ranked #16 in the nation, and #2 in
The Washington Post rankings. The Heights followed that incredible inaugural season with another WCAC conference championship in 2023, in which they finished 17-1-1, allowing just five goals in conference play and none during the postseason; the team ranked #1 in
The Washington Post rankings. The Heights also has a successful rock climbing team, which competes in the Washington Area Interscholastic Climbing League (WAICL). The league competes at indoor rock climbing gyms across the Washington DC metropolitan area, focusing on
bouldering and
top rope. Within the WAICL, the Heights fielded the top championship teams during the 2017/2018, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025 seasons. One notable climber, a member of the class of 2025, scaled a V11-grade bouldering climb. Additionally, The Heights boasts a strong cross-country program, which regularly places in the top of the
Washington Catholic Athletic Conference. ==History==