The Storm King School's students have been nominated to serve as pages at the United States Senate,[3] won prestigious scholarships with the United States Senate Youth Program,[4] appeared in the top 20 of the American Idol competition, and received athletic scholarships to NCAA programs throughout the nation.

The nearby Storm King Art Center is an outdoor sculpture museum with work by world-class sculptors and artists.

Ledoux purchased Wood Farm on the northern slope of Storm King Mountain, where he prepared young men for New England colleges until 1872, when he sold his interest in the school to Oren S. Cobb.

From 1932 to 1951, throughout the austere years of the Depression and World War II, SKS was led by headmaster Anson Barker and benefited from the patronage and participation of several prominent families who lived on the mountain, including the Abbotts, Ledouxs, Matthiesens, Partridges, Smidts and Stillmans.

It was the culmination of a nearly decade-long modernization project championed by chairman Duggan and successive SKS headmasters Burke Boyce (1952–1956), Warren Leonard (1956–1966) and Frank Brogan (1966–1974).

In 1981, Rients and Suzanne Van der Woude of Cornwall gave the school 70 acres of land on Storm King Mountain, just west of the campus.

Van der Woude said the land was given in order "to preserve it forever and so that children can learn about nature and ecology, and respect for life and earth."

The Van der Woude property was part of a historic 17-year dispute between New York utility Consolidated Edison and the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference,[13] a group of concerned residents and citizens.

In 1990, during the tenure of headmaster John H. Suitor, a roll-off shed observatory was built on campus to house a late-19th century refractor telescope, a gift from board member Robert Cobb, that was originally owned by Erard Mathiessan.

[15] The Storm King Cup[16] is awarded to a SKS student each year, during commencement, "to encourage high ideals, manly sport, tenacity of purpose, earnest behavior, fair play, and true chivalry."

In addition to traditional academic courses and ESL, the Storm King School offers theater and visual arts, music, dance, sports, and various clubs and community service programs.

A commuter rail station is a short drive away, and the Metro North train connects to Grand Central Terminal in less than one hour.