[2] It is spread over two areas; the traditional Kongsgård and the school's new building in Bjergsted.

[3] The school specializes in music, dance and drama as well as natural and social sciences, and foreign languages, offering courses in German, Spanish, English, French, and Arabic.

The school attracts many talented students and has consistently fostered prestigious academic performances at a national level, aided by a high teacher-to-student ratio.

The main character of Tore Renberg's novel The Man Who Loved Yngve (2003) is a student at Stavanger Cathedral School.

Alexander Kielland's 1883 novel Poison is a criticism of the Norwegian education system.