It represents students from 80 different countries, with 28% and 15% being American and Dutch nationals.

Its purpose was to provide an American style education to children of international cooperation and government employees.

[2] The board of trustees are elected by the parents and are responsible for the governance of ASH.

[2] In 1989, a new campus was built, next to the Rijksstraatweg in Wassenaar which was opened by then-Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and First Lady Barbara Bush.

[4] French, Spanish, Dutch, and German are taught as foreign languages.