In addition to Prosper, the district serves a portion of McKinney and small parts of Frisco and Celina.

[2] In September 2015, then-principal Greg Wright created controversy for the school and the Prosper School District, as reported in the Dallas Morning News, when it was revealed he criticized a faculty member that reported a teacher from PHS to the Police for inappropriately touching a student.

[3][4] In 2018, two editorials were removed from Prosper High School's student newspaper.

[6] The Student Press Law Center sent a letter to the Superintendent of Prosper Independent School District, urging them to remediate the school principal's "hijacking and censorship" of the student newspaper.

[12] Although not recognized by the UIL, Prosper High School competes in Lacrosse, in which they won a state title in May 2019.