A 7-member Board of Directors elected governs the school by the International School Association of Dakar, the sponsoring body of the School. Membership in the Association is automatically conferred on the parents or guardians of children enrolled in the School and to the teaching faculty. A representative of the U.S. Ambassador is an ex-officio member of the Board. Instruction is in English. French is offered every day at 3 levels to students from Kdg.-9.
Every student also has classes in art, music, computers, physical education, and science.
It has a resource program for students with different learning needs. The School offers a correspondence study program for grade 10. There are also 3 teacher's aides. At the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year, enrollment was 178. The new School, built in 1988, sits on 4 acres overlooking the Atlantic, on the outskirts of Dakar.