Blue Ridge became a college preparatory school for boys in 1962, with a short-term reduction of the student body to 66.

Blue Ridge's athletics teams include: Beginning in the mid-1990s, Blue Ridge developed a well-regarded basketball program, with players including LaRon Campbell-Hall, Barry Harper, Brandon Freeman, Luke Minor, Tom Timmermans from the Netherlands, and Andrey Savtchenko from Russia, and won a state title.

[8] Recent NCAA standouts from Blue Ridge School include Aamir Simms and Mamadi Diakite.

[9] Blue Ridge School has an outdoor program involving mountain biking, archery, fishing, and hiking, among other activities.

[10] The original 148 acre (0.6 km2) campus, located 20 miles (32 km) from Charlottesville, Virginia, sits at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The Robert A. Gibson Memorial Chapel, the Martha Bagby Battle House (former Headmaster's Residence), and the old St. George Post Office still stand on the school's grounds.

The Gibson Memorial Chapel, designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram and built in 1929–1932, and the Martha Bagby Battle House were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.