Located in Wappingers Falls, New York, United States, the school serves approximately 1,600 students in grades nine through twelve residing in the southwest of Dutchess County.

As a result of considerable population growth in Dutchess County during the 1940s and 1950s, a new senior high school was built and opened to students in the fall of 1962.

In 1987 the school became involved in a national controversy when 11th grade African-American student Tawana Brawley skipped class and faked her own abduction and rape, falsely accusing four white men of the crime which included writing racial slurs on her body and smearing her in feces.

After a heated local debate and multiple student votes, it was ruled that the schools mascot would be changed to the Ketcham Storm.

The assistant principals for the 2024-2025 school year are Timothy Feron, Jenna Ferris, Michael Lopez, and Sandy Posada.