[3] The Devotions' 18th-century house[4] is preserved by the Town of Brookline and managed as a house museum by the Brookline Historical Society[5] and stands amidst part of its original gardens in the school's forecourt.

[6] The school has a Parent Teacher Organization supporting activities including field trips, "Arts Council," a science fair, Math night, and an International Night.

[8] For the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 academic years, the student body was split between two temporary buildings, termed Lower Devotion School (grades K-4) and Upper Devotion School (grades 5-8).

In 2018, a citizen-led movement endorsed by Brookline's Town Meeting and School Committee began the process of renaming the school, recognizing that the estate of Edward Devotion sold for his bequest included a slave.

[17] The name was changed to the Florida Ruffin Ridley School as of September 2020, following the vote of Town Meeting in November 2019.