[8] In the 2008–2009 school year, there were 1,348 pupils, with U.S. citizens being about 39%, Koreans making up about 17%, and the remainder coming from about 50 other countries.
[12] The AES Board of Governors has nine voting members who serve two-year terms with an option to continue for a third year.
[citation needed] The school campus is spread over more than 12 acres and includes two libraries, a 25-meter swimming pool and toddler pool, a physical education center with two gymnasiums, "Makerspaces," three playgrounds, four clay tennis courts, grass and artificial soccer pitches, and a performing arts center.
[16] Before his death in 2015, Indian artist Nek Chand visited the school as an artist-in-residence and donated a series of sculptures, which are displayed around campus.
The air quality index (AQI) in most indoor spaces now remains below 50 throughout the school day.
[3] Extracurricular activities include team sports, performing arts, dance, visual arts, academic games, TaeKwonDo[23][24] and other interests such as chess, climbing, and visiting historic sites and nature preserves such as Rathambore National Park.
The "Reach Out" program and other initiatives enable students to interact with people from the "jugghi" or slums near the school, including constructing a library and studying area to promote literacy.
[28] The high school's 12 community service clubs[15] include Make a Difference,[23] Rights for Children, Blind Relief Volunteers, and more.
[32] During the school's first 50 years, other notable American visitors included astronaut Pete Conrad, artist Norman Rockwell, heavyweight champion and activist Muhammad Ali, and actors Gregory Peck and Kirk Douglas.
[39] In January 2014, following the Devyani Khobragade incident in the United States, the school was placed under investigation by the Indian government for alleged tax and visa fraud by its faculty.
[3][40] Since that point, the school has raised its tuition and is strictly following visa, work permit and tax regulations for all its teachers.