Mancos' percentage is ten percent higher than the Colorado average and 15 to 20 percent higher than the national average. Many extracurricular activities are offered at MHS for every season of the school year. In the fall girls can play volleyball while boys can play football. Both boys and girls can participate in marching band, color guard, crosscountry, and cheer-leading. As soon as the fall season is over, several other sports swing into action.
Basketball is available to girls and boys, as well as cheerleading, pep band, and wrestling.
Mancos has active Knowledge Bowl and Academic Decathlon teams which compete against other schools throughout the school year. A third academic competition, Destination Imagination, tests students' creative problem-solving abilities. Freshman Tara Martinez feels that students are involved because they enjoy the activities and they are good at them. If there is a sport that Mancos does not offer such as softball or golf, students may participate at another nearby school that does offer it.