The majority of students speak Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Igbo, Amharic, and Tigrinya.

[citation needed] The school's mascot for its sports teams is the "Spartan."

Previously, Sharpstown Middle School's sports teams were called the Vikings.

The area around the school grew quickly and, in 1969 a new Sharpstown Senior High campus (serving grades 10–12) was built on Bissonnet Street.

The older campus became Sharpstown Junior High, serving grades 7–9.

[9] In 2022 it moved to the Houston Community College (HCC) Gulfton Campus.