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St. Xavier, once a part of Xavier University, traces its history to the Athenaeum at Seventh and Sycamore streets

In 1840, at the behest of Bishop Fenwick, School closed on Thursdays and Sundays until 1917. Originally, until 1851, admission was granted to students ages 8 to 16. Later, a tuition free elementary school division opened to complement the college. On May 7, 1869, St. Xavier's charter was extended in perpetuity by an act of the General Assembly. Later that year, the school began distinguishing between academic and collegiate departments. Three years of high school would be followed by one year each of the humanities, poetry, rhetoric, and philosophy. At the close of the 19th century, St. Xavier's athletic teams competed in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Cincinnati.

Each year, a number of St. Xavier students receive honors from standardized testing programs. From 1970 to 2012, 1,000 students were named semifinalists or finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. The class of as of 2021 posted an average ACT score of 28.6 and an average SAT score of 1324, earning 14 students National Merit Finalist status. That year, 550 students took 998 Advanced Placement exams. For their high scores, 77 earned Scholar Awards, 34 with honor, 127 with distinction, the highest distinction awarded after the National AP Scholar award was discontinued in 2020. In 1984, St. Xavier was one of 60 schools recognized by the Council on American Private Education's Exemplary Private School Recognition Project, which surveyed 358 schools nationwide. Graduation exercises are held at the Cintas Center in late May. On average, about six percent of students in a given class year leave St. Xavier before graduation. Of those who graduate, 99% enter a four year college or university which was introduced in February 1985 for seniors.

St. Xavier's alma mater is adapted from that of another Jesuit high school, St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland; in 1958, St. Ignatius gave St. Xavier permission to adapt the song. This adaptation is sung after school assemblies, athletic events, and commencement exercises. The Walk For X is a student walkathon through Finneytown neighborhoods that preempts classes once a year. In 2018, the 132nd Ohio General Assembly authorized the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to issue a specialty license plate bearing St. Xavier's logo and the words "The Long Blue Line", referring to the school's alumni. Proceeds from registration fees benefit the school's tuition assistance and guidance counseling programs.

St. Xavier's suburban campus is located to the north and south of West North Bend Road, bounded by the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science to the south, Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway to the north, and residential areas to the east and west. The school grounds include a wooded walking trail, a mock courtroom, and a school history exhibit. contains 23,000 volumes. St. Xavier's soccer field was home to the now defunct Cincinnati Cheetahs professional soccer team during their 1994 season.

St. Xavier's large athletic program was ranked 13th in the nation in 2008 by Sports Illustrated. soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. however, it continued to refer to the football team as the "Conquerors" through the end of the year. The official school mascot is "Benny the Bomber", a bomber pilot. He was reintroduced in 2019 after a 22 year hiatus. Another school mascot is the "Blue Monster", a shaggy, Muppet like mascot that takes its name from the student cheering section. It appears at games wearing a Bomber football jersey. clear channel ESPN Radio affiliate WCKY, and iHeartRadio. as of 2017, 1,178 St. Xavier students were eligible to participate in OHSAA sanctioned competitions, placing the school in the AAA boys class for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 school years. OHSAA bylaws prohibit residents of Kentucky and Indiana from competing. In 1985, a lawsuit was filed against OHSAA and St. Xavier on behalf of four St. Xavier students who were residents of Kentucky, claiming that the rule violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the rule in Alerding v. Ohio High School Athletic Association.

St. Xavier has fielded a swimming team, known as the "Aquabombers", since 1930. The team began to win statewide titles in 1970, after Keating Natatorium opened on campus. The team has won district, sectional and citywide titles in every year since 1970, capturing 42 Ohio state championships during this span. In 2008, St. Charles Preparatory School of Columbus broke the Aquabombers' nine year state title streak. From 1988 to 2015, head coach Jim Brower led the Aquabombers to 21 state titles, the most of any men's coach in Ohio high school history. The program produced Swimming World Magazine high school swimmers of the year Joe Hudepohl in 1992 and Jayme Cramer in 2001. Hudepohl was also a member of the United States Olympic Swim Team in 1992 and 1996 and still holds several school, state and national records in swimming. as of 2015, junior Grant House holds a junior world record in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.

In 1999, the Bombers football team appeared on Team Cheerios cereal boxes, alongside St. Ignatius High School, in recognition of the schools' football and community service programs, as well as their records in the National Merit Scholarship Program. and against Our Lady of Good Counsel High School the next year on ESPN. Specht won the 2013 Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award and joined the USA Football board of directors later that year. St. Xavier won its third football state championship on December 2, 2016, defeating St. Ignatius High School, 27–20, in double overtime. With the win, the Bombers became the first Ohio high school football team to win a state championship after losing five games during the regular season. as of 2016, the Bombers are one of 15 football teams in the U. S. that wear GPS based activity trackers developed by Catapult Sports to prevent injuries.

St. Xavier won the state basketball championship in 2000 and finished as runners up in the 2005

St. Xavier's arts program is centered around three disciplines: performing arts (drama), visual arts, and musical arts. The drama and music disciplines are supplemented by a number of extracurricular programs.

St. Xavier's co ed drama group, Theatre Xavier (TX), organizes a drama or comedy each fall, a comedy each spring, and sometimes a smaller January production. St. Xavier students perform alongside students from a dozen public and Catholic high schools throughout the region. Of the 200–225 participants annually, 65%–70% are male. TX performs in the Walter C. Deye, S. J., Performance Center, whose size rivals many college theaters. It opened in 2004 as the St. Xavier Performance Center as part of a new fine arts wing. TX was directed by performing arts teacher Michele Mascari from 1982 to 2015. It participated in the Cappies of Greater Cincinnati from the awards program's founding in February 2002 through 2012. During that time, TX consistently led the city with 80 awards, including five for Best Musical and one for Best Play. Since 2013, TX has participated in The League of High School Theatres along with Anderson, Indian Hill, and Sycamore high schools.

St. Xavier sponsors a variety of musical programs, ranging from the marching band to a liturgical music group. The Marching Bombers perform at varsity football games. Seventy five to eighty percent of the student body voluntarily participates in community service programs. The school's largest community service program is an Advent canned food drive, organized annually since 1926. Each year, students collect hundreds of thousands of pounds of food and delivers them directly to hundreds of families as well as to food pantries in Greater Cincinnati and rural Appalachia. In 2020, students collected of food and distributed it to 25 food banks.

The Blueprint, the school's student run paper, is published monthly. and history teacher Ron Weisbrod. The team made three runner up finishes in the televised It's Academic Super Bowl championship in 1979, 1980, and 1981. The team won its first state championship in 1997, advancing to quarterfinals in the national Panasonic Academic Challenge. It made two runner up finishes in the early 1990s and in 2001, losing to Beavercreek High School.