Shanghai American School (SAS) offers the expatriate community in Shanghai an outstanding academic program at two locations to accommodate families who live on both sides of Asia's most vibrant city - Puxi in the city's west, and Pudong in the east. The comprehensive Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12 curriculum is closely aligned between both campuses to guarantee that all SAS students receive the same high-quality education. To this end, SAS recruits highly qualified teachers and administrators, who follow the best practices in education and current research.

The two campuses have been developed to specifically meet the needs of the curriculum, with facilities and learning resources that rival those of the best international schools. SAS takes pride in its student-teacher relationships and a climate of mutual trust and respect is encouraged within the school community. Individual's preferred learning styles are recognized and teachers use diverse teaching strategies to encourage independent learning. Classes have a maximum of 18 students and a concerted effort is made to balance class make up according to background, language, academic ability, nationality and gender.

Puxi (West) Campus 
The 29-acre West Campus (Puxi) is located in Zhudi Town, west of Hong Qiao International Airport. The campus has separate buildings for elementary, middle school and high school students, each with large, modern classrooms, high-tech IT and science laboratories, project areas and specialized music and art rooms. The campus also boasts Library and MediaCenters for elementary, middle and high school students, a black box theatre and a state-of-the-art PerformingArtsCenter. Sports facilities include an outdoor track, extensive playing fields, three gymnasiums and an aquatic center.

(Pudong (East) Campus 
The 23-acre East Campus (Pudong) campus is located on the grounds of the Shanghai Links Executive Community, just north of the Pudong International Airport overlooking the East China Sea. The campus opened in 1998, and new middle and high school facilities were opened in the fall of 2005 housing large, modern classrooms, high-tech IT and science laboratories, project areas and specialized music and art rooms. A new food court, Library and MediaCenter, and Art and Science lab building opened in August of 2006 and Grade 11 introduced in 2006-2007. Since the 2007-2008 academic year, SAS Pudong has offered fully-developed Pre-K3 through Grade 12 programs. The campus is growing quickly to meet student demand and has many new purpose-built facilities, including an auditorium/gym complex, extensive playing fields, a double gym for middle and high school students and two physical educational facilities for elementary school students.)