South-Doyle offers advanced placement (AP), college preparatory, honors, traditional, and vocational courses.

TAP is a comprehensive school reform and instructional improvement system that provides powerful opportunities for career advancement, professional growth, instructionally-focused accountability, and incentive compensation for educators.

The TAP program is measured by the value-added growth of students, teacher classroom evaluations and fidelity to the core elements of the TAP system: Instructionally-focused accountability, ongoing applied professional growth, multiple career paths and performance-based compensation."

[10] These details on the school's student body are based on data reported to the US Education Department.

[11] The school offers cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, girls soccer, and volleyball in the fall.

In the spring, the school offers baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, and track & field.

Several of the seniors were drafted including former Middle Tennessee State University outfielder and current Boston Red Sox, Bryce Brentz.

In 2018, the boys soccer team advanced to the state tournament for the first time in school history.

[16] During the 2018 tournament run the Cherokees beat Catholic and Sevier County in penalty kicks before eventually losing to Loudon 4-1 in the state quarter-finals.