The school provides for citizens in southeast King County, and has been housed in multiple buildings, the current one being a three-story structure in Maple Valley built in 2017.

Tahoma High School serves the entirety of Maple Valley and Hobart, portions of Renton, Covington, Ravensdale, and Black Diamond, and a significant area of unincorporated King County.

The open concept design proved unsatisfactory to the faculty at the time, and temporary walls were constructed early in the school building's life.

Following voter approval of a $10 million, four-year Instructional Technology Levy in 2006, the Tahoma School District outfitted the campus with wireless internet service, Activboard digital whiteboards, and upgraded computer labs.

These dilapidated rooms helped to drive voters to approve a $195 million bond in 2015 to build a new high school for the community.

Tahoma High School's Outdoor Academy program, which integrates Health and Fitness, Science, and Language Arts, has received recognition statewide for its work in changing the concept of Physical Education.

[10] Tahoma also participates in the annual We The People civics competition, led by teacher Gretchen Wulfing.