Plymouth South is located near the Long Pond neighborhood of Plymouth, west of Route 3 and The Pinehills development, and also adjacent to nearby Myles Standish State Forest, which is the biggest publicly owned recreation area in the South Shore region of Massachusetts, and also one of the biggest in the state.

[3] Plymouth South offers a wide range of interscholastic sports at the school for all the students.

Plymouth South competes at the Division 1 & 2 level of competition in athletics and is a part of the Patriot League.

In 2013, the football team once again won the ACL and made it to the State Championship game, where they lost 42-14 to Tewksbury.

In 2018, the boys hockey team won their first state championship with a 4-3 victory over Stoneham High School.