The school built on 8 acres of land is named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the father of the nation and the first president of Turkey.

Mizanur Rahman, the then subdivisional officer of Feni, established this school on 6 January 1939[1] with the help of some local people.

[3] On 21 January 2016, Sheikh Hasina promised as the prime minister of the country that her ministry will ensure government-funded educational institution for every districts and upazilas.

Subsequently, the Atatürk Model High School was ordered to be nationalised through a notification issued on 11 April 2018.

[4] In 2017, Mubarak Hossain, the headmaster, was formally charged with the executive officer of Daganbhuiyan Upazila by the guardian of a student accusing him of admission trading.