It is located in an unincorporated area in the Alief community of Harris County, near Houston, Texas, United States.

It is named after Edward "Doc" Taylor, who taught AP American History at Alief Hastings High School.

Unlike Hastings or Elsik, Taylor hosts all grade levels (9-12) on the same campus.

The Alief Taylor Drumline are the gold medalist recipients of the 2006-07 PSAA TCGC Championship, a state-level competition.

73.9% of students were economically disadvantaged, 21.1% were English language learners, and 8.6% received special education services.

[9] All Alief ISD elementary, intermediate, and middle schools feed into Taylor, as high school placement in Alief ISD is determined by a lottery, which may result in Elsik, Hastings, or Taylor.