Program Unggulan SMAS Nurul Ilmi Padangsidimpuan:
- Program Sekolah Penggerak
- Olimpiade Sains Nasional (OSN)
- Tahfidz Al-Quran
- Program Sukses AKM/TKA
- Jurnalistik
- Leadership School Program
- Career Day Goes to Campus
- Club IT
- Mini Riset
- Malam Bina Iman dan Taqwa
- Pramuka
- Paskas
- SMA Nurul Ilmi Berbagi
- Futsal