The official school colors are brown and gold and the athletic teams are known as the Bruins.

[2] In 1999, the school completed a massive expansion and renovation project.

Until 2011, Fargo South High School served the entire Fargo Public School district south of Main Avenue and once had a student population of over 2,000.

Freshmen were served by Discovery Junior High School from 1994-2006 and then housed in the former Agassiz Middle School building (termed "South Campus II") from 2006 - 2011.

The student-body in South High is very diverse with many students coming in from Nepal, Vietnam, and Several African countries.