[3][4] The school, which serves approximately 800 students with 68 full-time educators (11:1), is located on the Vogelweh Military Complex.

KHS and all other DoDDS schools are operated Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).

The school was originally known as Rhine High, not being referred to as "KAHS" until the early sixties, and "KHS" fairly recently.

Kaiserslautern High School's enrollment has increased due to the relocation of military forces in Europe.

With an annual tuition of approximately $26,000, KHS is also a rather expensive institution (due to being considered a private school).

Along with the gym, the school also has a tennis court, a softball field, a football stadium, a shooting range for JROTC, and music rooms with practice rooms; for their orchestra, Band, choir, piano and other music classes.

KHS runs on a two-day block schedule (red: 1-4, and white: 5-7 + advisory), each day having four classes 85 minutes long.