The school serves unincorporated areas of northeast Harris County including the Sheldon CDP and several nearby communities (Beaumont Place, Houmont Park) and subdivisions.

[5] In 1954, Houston real estate investor Cortes Ewing King donated a 54-acre tract to the Sheldon Independent School District.

King Junior-Senior High School was located on the western half of the donated land where C.E.

King High School located on the corner of Sam Houston Parkway and Garrett Road was opened as part of the 2016 Bond.

The school is organized into six academies to allow for a more personalized attention to students by creating a smaller learning environment.

In this system, each student is assigned to an academy in which they will work with an Assistant Principal-Counselor pair for all four years at the school.

The district believes this model will make a large school feel smaller as well as help students choose a career in the fields they are interested in.