The Ramaz Upper School is a college preparatory program designed to develop an appreciation for and understanding of the intellectual disciplines that are part of western civilization.

Students commute from the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Nassau counties in New York; Stamford and New Haven in Connecticut; and metropolitan New Jersey.

Villarin sued the school in Manhattan Supreme Court in 2009, arguing that the state's Social Services Law obligated her to report the potential abuse.

Under the law, school faculty are required to report to state authorities a suspicion that a child is being abused or mistreated.

[3] In January 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that Ramaz lost $6 million in the collapse of the Bernard Madoff investment scheme.

The project may have had to be scaled back following a review by the City's Board of Standards & Appeals because the height is more than what is permitted at this site.

[12] However, due to a fire in the adjacent Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun building in July 2011, the Lower school began to undergo repairs and refurbishments for water damage.

[citation needed] Ramaz's creative writing magazine, Parallax, has also consistently been awarded the gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

[citation needed] The Ramaz Chamber Choir has competed in national choral competitions, performed on CBS Sunday Morning News,[19] and at the White House[20] and is featured on the Best of Jewish A Cappella, Volume 3.