South Kingstown High School is ranked 6th in the state of Rhode Island with an Advanced Placement (AP) participation rate of 54%.

South Kingstown Chief of Police, Matthew Moynihan, stated that the suspect was a student at the high school.

South Kingstown High School additionally has a wide variety of varsity and intramural sports.

Jim Vincent, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's chapter in Providence, Rhode Island, was quoted saying he was not concerned with changing the name of the mascot.

[26] In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests, a petition was started on Change.org to rename the school's mascot, but again, nothing came of it.

Recent themes have included The Hunger Games, The Godfather, 007, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice in Wonderland, Scooby-Doo, The Lorax, Twilight Zone, The Lion King, Harry Potter, and the Wizard of Oz and television shows (such as Saturday Night Live).

Ryan Pandolfini and Aidan O'Sullivan played Principal Chip McGair in the 2022 and 2023 SKpades, respectively.

[citation needed] South Kingstown High School has strong academic and extracurricular theatre programs.

According to the high school's official website,[28] there are 5 credit-earning theatre courses that are taught by Ryan Muir.

Additionally, there is a highly active Drama Club at SKHS, called the Rebel Theatre Group.

[29] The Rebel Theatre Group is best known for the large-scale musical production that takes place in February of each year.