The school is situated on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the town of Easton in Talbot County. The school is on Mecklenburg Avenue, which is west of U.S. 50 and east of Maryland 565. The present building has 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of space situated on 32.91 acres (13.32 ha) of land.

Easton’s graduation rate has been comparatively stable over the past 12 years. In 2007 the school graduated 94.1%, up from 80.73% in 1997 and the highest in the before 12 years. The school population has improved nearly 50% over the past 12 years. In 2007 the school was at its 12-year high conscription with 1,228 students.

School events

Academics
Easton Area High School has two times won the educational Scrimmage contest (1996 and 1998), where Pennsylvania high schools compete against each other in an academic trivia match. The team was led by Jennifer Frey, and assisted by Stephen Semanek, Sheila Viglianti and Norma Shriver.

Athletics
Varsity sports at Easton Area High School comprise baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
Easton competes in the Lehigh Valley meeting in the District XI athletic separation of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Easton holds the record for the mainly recorded Lehigh Valley Conference championships in girls track and field athletics. In 2008, Easton girls track & field be obvious Chanelle Price won the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year award. This award is give to the nation’s top high school female athlete. Easton holds the third most Lehigh Valley discussion championships in all sports, after only Parkland High School and Emmaus High School. The cheerleading team constantly places within the top 10 at UCA Nationals, held in Orlando, Florida.

Football

The school is mainly known for its highly successful football and wrestling programs. All of the Rover’s football games are played in legendary Cottingham Stadium off Northampton Street in Easton’s West Ward. The football team is currently coached by Steve Shiffert, who was preceded by Robert Shriver. Coach Shiffert has thrice been voted as Coach of the Year by The Express-Times newspaper. Steve Shiffert is also the all-time winningest coach in Easton football history. In 2009, he surpassed Bob Rute’s record of 131 wins. The Red Rovers are #2 all time in wins in Pennsylvania and are ranked #10 for wins in the country in football. Easton also has the most District XI class 4A championships in the Lehigh Valley with 6 in football.

Wrestling

Easton’s wrestling curriculum also has been ranked as the 3rd best high school course in the nation since 1991. The present coach is Steve Powell, who has at least 378 career wins and is a associate of the PIAA and National High School Wrestling Halls of Fame. Easton also won four consecutive state dual meet wrestling championships in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. The wrestling team was also ranked as the number one public school wrestling team in the nation in 2004. The wrestling team’s home matches are held in the Easton Area Middle School Campus Gymnasium in Forks Township. Prior to moving to Easton Area Middle School, Easton held its matches at the school’s 25th Street Gymnasium.

Music

The high school is also famous in local artistic venues for its choir, which recently won first place at the Heritage Festival in Virginia Beach. The current directors are Peter Deshler and John Shilanskis, who took over from Ed Milisits – the previous director of 34 years – in 2009. The choir currently consists of seven parts: the Concert Choir (for singers grades 10-12), the Freshman Choir, the Sophomore Women’s Chorale, the Treble Choir (for all high voices, including countertenors), the Camerata, the Chamber Singers and the Jazz Chorale. Many students from the EAHS Choir also participate in the PMEA District 10 Choir.