Administered by the Rochester City School District, SOTA is located on the corner of Prince Street and University Avenue, within walking distance of the Memorial Art Gallery, Eastman Theatre, Writers & Books, Visual Studies Workshop, and other cultural organizations.

SOTA offers Honors and Advanced Placement(AP) classes, (Special) Education, Spanish 1,2,3 and 4-Honors.

Students carry a full academic course load as well as a fine arts sequence.

SOTA offers arts courses within several fine arts concentrations: SOTA puts on two musicals, two plays and a middle school play or musical each year, as well as an annual dance concert, music recitals, poetry readings/coffee houses, and other various art performances.

The school has also begun celebrating Black History Month with a whole day full of performances dedicated to it.