2020-21 Head Boy Jacob Vallelly and Head Girl Ellen Wilson with Miss Gibb and Deputies.
Previous Head Boys and Head Girls of Portadown College
| Year | Head Boy | Head Girl |
| 2019-20 | E Williamson | V Calvert |
| 2018-19 | C Thornbury | J Kerr |
| 2017-18 | T Neill | K McClelland |
| 2016-17 | S Hodgen | K Burns |
| 2015-16 | R Davidson | C McClelland |
| 2014-15 | N Reilly | E McNeilly |
| 2013-14 | I Irwin | L McCausland |
| 2012-13 | G Park | S Wilson |
| 2011-12 | A Steele | K Armstrong |
| 2010-11 | R Hill | G King |
| 2009-10 | J T Graham | K P Holland |
| 2008-09 | A R Spence | H L J Nevin |
| 2007-08 | D R Kenny | C R Irwin |
| 2006-07 | M S P Biscomb | R J Best |
| 2005-06 | C R McCabe | E A Black |
| 2004-05 | E J Ruddell | K J Dickson |
| 2003-04 | A I Ferguson | C S J Hamilton |
| 2002-03 | A W S Cheevers | S L McClelland |
| 2001-02 | A R Neill | S F Gowing |
| 2000-01 | K W Clark | A C McKeag |
| 1999 | M Lobb | L I Greer |
| 1998 | D P Orr | C Sullican |
| 1997 | M P Best | S J Clougher |
| 1996 | L S Webster | H F Williamson |
| 1995 | M H McComiskey | K E Stewart |
| 1994 | S D Robinson | F J Stewart |
| 1993 | D A Wilson | R L Flannagan |
| 1992 | B G Forde | C F E McAdam |
| 1991 | D A Russell | C G McClean |
| 1990 | A J Flannagan | L Stewart |
| 1989 | D S Muldrew | J C Edgar |
| 1988 | P R J Atkinson | R H Gilpin |
| 1987 | B C Fulton | K S Waters |
| 1986 | D E Russell | A C Hare |
| 1985 | A M Wright | S J Grant |
| 1984 | P B Hawthorne | J E Purdy |
| 1983 | W S D Boyce | R Burnett |
| 1982 | S W Thompson | J A Watson |
| 1981 | N E Matthews | S J McCullough |
| 1980 | H Bell | M L Matchett |
| 1979 | W B M Thompson | D W Thompson |
| 1978 | E W Allen | R V Steele |
| 1977 | B Douglas | S E Price |
| 1976 | C R Livingston | R P Reilly |
| 1975 | G E McElroy | J Morrison |
| 1974 | G R Chambers | H N Eakin |
| 1973 | S Ruddell | J M Beattie |
| 1972 | A W Kerr | L Hall |
| 1971 | J K Matthews | G M English |
| 1970 | A S Gray | L G Greeves |
| 1969 | D A B Soye | F Dickey |
| 1968 | J W White | B McElroy |
| 1967 | G T Carson | A Rankin |
| 1966 | W F Lutton | K Martin |
| 1965 | F A H Carter | E Tedford |
| 1964 | T W Flannagan | M Robinson |
| 1963 | R W Henry | R Clingan |
| 1962 | F I Magee | G Morgan |
| 1961 | T J Jones | H Anderson |
| 1960 | D B Price | R Thornton |
| 1959 | W D Carson | R Bell |
| 1958 | K A Wilson | A Clingan |
| 1957 | K L Bell | V Rankin |
| 1956 | T G Price | M Peters |
| 1955 | K Flannagan | A McCullough |
| 1954 | W Wright | E Haire |
| 1953 | E Tate | M Mullen |
| 1952 | H B Gordon | A Sandford |
| 1951 | E C Doogan | J Hawthorne |
| 1950 | C M Bell | R Fairley |
| 1949 | M J K Alexander | G Kenny |
| 1948 | T P J Gamble | M McKibben |
| 1947 | D H Vaughan | B Green |
| 1946 | J E C Bell | A Dunlop |
Notable former pupils include:
Rory Best, Ireland and Ulster rugby captain
Simon Best, Ireland and Ulster rugby player
Newton Emerson, political commentator
Gloria Hunniford, television presenter
Dame Mary Peters MBE, Lord Lieutenant of Belfast and Olympic Gold Medallist
Colin Turkington, racing driver
The successes of Portadown College alumni can be found on www.pc-alumni.co.uk