Located in southern Lake County, the school serves Groveland, Mascotte, and parts of Clermont and Minneola.

Due to multiple campus updates and the addition of portable classrooms as of Summer 2011 it has a capacity of around 2,400.

The campus also includes several portables, six tennis courts, a track, and a football field and stadium.

South Lake High opened with approximately 1100 students, 700 from Clermont and 400 from Groveland.

At the inception of Lake Minneola High in Fall 2011 there was a reduction in the number of students to an expected 1,730.