The Harkness table forms an integral part of the identity of the high school. The large oval table fosters active learning and physically unites the class, bringing teachers and students together to facilitate face-to-face interaction. The table emphasizes the importance of listening and speaking with respect and requires preparation and sustained engagement of the students. Students and faculty engage in collaborative discourse, and every student is expected to be an active participant in the exploration and discussion of ideas. This approach to learning fosters deeper understanding and respectful dialogue among students, and alumni often mention The Harkness Method as an element of their Ensworth experience that was key to their success in college.

Ensworth offers Advanced Placement courses in all major disciplines. While all Ensworth academic courses are designed to be rigorous college preparatory courses, we offer AP classes for those students desiring to earn college credit. From AP Physics to AP Music Theory, more than 20 Advanced Placement courses allow High School students to pursue advanced courses in their specific areas of interest. Students seeking to enroll in Advanced Placement courses must be pre-approved by the academic department.

The Creative Technology Center features an engineering-oriented instructional space, a full-service broadcast suite and control center, a dedicated home for the Robotics team and arena, a podcast studio, and a well-equipped digital media and computer science classroom. These purposefully designed spaces allow our students to leverage digital resources, advanced equipment, and the technical knowledge of our faculty to acquire coding and computational thinking skills, create new media and digital content, and design novel applications and machines.