Program Students attending the school are in grades
3-
12, who have average to above average
IQs, but mild learning disabilities, such as
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder,
high functioning autism,
dyslexia,
Tourette syndrome, or other specific learning challenges. The school employs a faculty of 150 professionals, including a student to teacher-assistant to special education (or related content area) teacher ratio of 12 to 1.5 to 1, and a staff of
social workers,
speech pathologists,
occupational therapists, reading specialists, and 1 to 1 aides as needed. They "focus on the academic, social, emotional, and prevocational development of each child" by providing support in the classroom, as well as in individual and small group settings. While every homeroom class consists of 12 students, Summit administers a schoolwide
positive behavior support (PBS) they work as interns at businesses involved in the program. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are assigned to work in the morning once per week where they are given ongoing support from their job coaches, while seniors choose their placement sites, travel independently, and work the entire school day on Fridays.
Current administration and supervising faculty Allison Edwards and Karen Frigenti are the directors; they also serve as principals of the Upper and Lower Schools, respectively. Nancy Morgenroth is the director of admissions and speech and language services. The assistant principals of the Upper School are Tara Pino—also the director of the work-based learning program—and Elizabeth Breland, with Dennis Moeller having the same position in the Lower School. Long-served Lower School clinical director Sherri Bordoff moved to the Upper School and currently oversees their clinical faculty, with Lacy Ostrander, who has been a social worker in the Lower School for a number of years, taking over her prior role as clinical director. Jessica Rosenberg has been the Upper School's guidance counselor since 2023. ==Enrollment==