Falmouth Academy is a non-profit, coed, independent, private college-preparatory day school serving students from grades 7–12.

[3] Falmouth Academy defines itself as a "reading and writing school", but its diverse curriculum also includes mathematics, science, and the arts.

There is also a strong focus on the skills of writing, close reading, research, and effective management of time.

[5] Falmouth Academy offers six sports: Soccer and cross country in the fall, Basketball in the winter, and Lacrosse, tennis, and sailing in the spring.

Visual arts and music are offered as electives, with multiple levels of studio and ceramic arts, and several musical ensembles, including an instrumental ensemble, a choral group, and an a cappella There are public community concerts held at the end of the fall, winter, and spring trimesters.

Students come from a broad area of southeastern Massachusetts that is roughly bordered by Martha’s Vineyard, Mattapoisett, Middleboro, Duxbury, and Brewster.