[2] It's described as a college preparatory school and 100% of Ransom Everglades' students attend a four-year institution after graduation.

Membership is held in the Southern and National Associations for College Admission Counseling, the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Entrance Examination Board, the Enrollment Management Association, the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, the Global Online Academy, the Mastery Transcript Consortium, and the Independent Curriculum Group, among other educational organizations.

[6] Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys in Coconut Grove.

[15] Ransom Everglades has longstanding community partnerships with Breakthrough Miami,[16] St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center, Booker T. Washington High School,[17] ARC of South Florida,[18] MUVE and the Reclamation Project,[19] and many other community organizations.

After a devastating earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, students at Ransom Everglades raised almost $30,000 which they donated to relief efforts in that country.

The "Upper School" (Ransom Campus) serves grades nine through twelve and is located on Main Highway on the shore of Biscayne Bay, the site of the original Pine Knot Camp.

[2][8][22] Like the Pagoda, the "Ransom Cottage" is constructed from local materials, largely Dade County pine, and is also on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 6.9 acre campus includes a restored 1920s home that sits 23 feet above sea level.

[24] According to Penny Townsend, the then-Head of School, the acquisition of the campus would allow the school to "improve [its] facilities, add vital greenspace and continue [its] long tradition of respecting, protecting and learning from the treasures of Old Florida and Miami’s precious coastal ecosystems.”[25] Both campuses are featured in the 1998 movie Wild Things.

[29] Ransom Everglades has fielded state championship teams in recent years in water polo (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019),[30][31] soccer (2015, 2016),[32][33] tennis (2014, 2018),[34][35] and volleyball (2013).