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The class of 2007 had graduates go to Harvard, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, M.I.T., Stanford, The U.S.

An RVA graduate, Rebecca Cook, was named a Rhodes Scholar in 2004. Recent graduates have attended Wake Forest University, Taylor University, Calvin College, Wheaton College, Davidson College, Furman University, Brown University, the University of Virginia, Princeton University and West Point, among other institutions. Graduates frequently attend college in their home country. Students hail from North America (roughly 65% of the student body), South Korea (10%), Kenya (10%), and other countries (15%). Today it enrolls roughly 500 students, from kindergarten up to grade twelve, and allows both American and British curricula to be followed by its students. Having survived the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s and terrorist threats in the late 1990s, RVA has continued to grow and flourish. It was rated the number two high school in Africa. During this visit, Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for Kiambogo, the main school building that remains the centerpiece of RVA's campus. Having met with Hurlburt in the White House in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Kijabe shortly after leaving office four years later.

Rift Valley Academy (RVA) is a Protestant missionary boarding school located in Kijabe, Kenya, founded in 1906 by Charles Hurlburt, under the auspices of and maintained by the Africa Inland Mission (AIM).