Founded in 1955, the school is the first complete middle school founded by the party and the people's government after the liberation of Nanjing. 1996, the school was recognized as a provincial key middle school by Jiangsu Provincial Education Commission. In 2000, the school was identified as a national model high school by the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education with the highest score in the province. In 2004, the school was renamed as a four-star high school in Jiangsu Province by the Education Department of Jiangsu Province.
By March 20 14, every classroom in the school was equipped with an interactive whiteboard, a multifunctional lecture hall, a stadium decorated by ecological wood and an information center building. The school library has nearly120,000 volumes (including e-books and CDs), more than 260 kinds of newspapers and periodicals, and 9 18 kinds of reference books.