56 percent of its students participate in the Advanced Placement courses and the school has been given a silver ranking by US News.

In 2013, 53 percent of its students scored proficient or advanced on the English-Language Arts section of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program.

In 2009, an extensive multi-year (completed 2013) set of renovations and new construction projects transformed the school's facilities.

In 1976 a high school senior, Kathleen Keohane, was murdered off-campus and the case remains unresolved.

Houck has said that there has been a correlated 10 percent drop of missing assignments since they started the pilot Chromebook program.

The newspaper is published approximately every two weeks on the STHS website, in print, and via students' school-issued email accounts.

In 2013, students at South Tahoe High demonstrated below average scores in all three areas tested by the STAR.

[23] Beginning in 2014 and under the direction of Houck, the school has begun implementing a system of "Redemptive Citizenship Program" in which students receive demerits for breaking rules.

Additionally, South Tahoe competes in Far West Nordic cross country ski races.

[27] The following table contains the years that students in each sport won a state championship (if applicable) in the 3A division of the NIAA: The following are notable people who graduated from South Tahoe High School: