It was a four-year institution, with students coming primarily from Rancho-Cañada and Starbuck Junior High schools in the Lowell Joint School District.
Lowell High School was located on 16200 E. Amber Valley Drive, Whittier, CA 90604.
The site was purchased and now occupied by Southern California University of Health Sciences in 1981.
Lowell had a pool, a track, a gymnasium, baseball fields, and a performing arts center.
It played its football home games at nearby La Habra High School.