The facilities initially occupied a spare storage room in the Hotel Britannique in downtown Naples, where many of the student’s families lived.

During the summer and autumn of 1951, more students arrived and the school was relocated to the Albergo Sant’Elmo, then the NATO Officers’ Club in the Vomero section of Naples.

On October 1, 1952, a standard Department of Defense School was opened in the same location, the Albergo Sant’Elmo, with about 45 students.

Both brothers had attended Coronado High School prior to their father being assigned to Naples in the summer of 1951.

[4] That year all the elementary students were combined in the school complex at Pinetamare, twenty miles north of Naples.

Students from the following nations have attended our school in recent years: Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the USA.

Naples American High School has transitioned through the years from one room in a hotel to its present modern facility with Internet connectivity in every classroom.

Captain Gruelli retired and was relieved by LT. Rod Light, USN (Ret) in 1997 when the school moved to the support site.

The unit has been very successful over the years earning many trophies in Exhibition Drill, Rifle Team, Academics and Orienteering.

[5] For the 2009–2010 school year, Naples Athletics were Division II champions for Cross Country, Boys Volleyball, Girls Soccer, and Softball.

Naples won their only DI championship in Boys Soccer in 2019, the final year before being moved back down to Division II.

The 2018 football team, featuring current Boise State University superstar Ashton Jeanty, finished undefeated.