It is a public middle and high school that focuses on education in the visual and performing arts.

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Stivers among America's best high schools.

Stivers offers programs in piano, band, orchestra, dance, theatre, creative writing, choir, and visual arts as well as a full range of quality academics.

Students are provided instruction through one-on-one contact with many of the community's leading professional and performing artists.

He was a cartoonist and at times in his cartoons referenced a high school called St. Ivers, a reference to his alma mater.