Samaritan Residential School is located, 4,100 feet (1,200 m) above sea level, in a valley in Elagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India.

The school is nestled away from the hustle and bustle of city life, with quiet and peaceful surroundings provided by its closeness to the reserve forests of the Eastern Ghats.

Some of the states of India include Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Delhi, West Bengal and others.

Students are also represented from neighbouring countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as others like Kuwait, South Korea, Thailand and the United States among others.

The school has six house teams which provides students an opportunity to compete and engage in sports, games, cultural competitions and events.

The higher classes have four houses - William Carey, Ida Scudder, George Muller and Amy Carmichael.

The school has announced a collaboration with the Samaritan Community College, certified by the Indira Gandhi National Open University.