It was founded as the Eleventh Belgrade Gymnasium (Serbian: Једанаеста београдска гимназија, romanized: Jedanaesta beogradska gimnazija) in 1937.

The eleventh high school was founded on 27 September 1937 by decree of the then Ministry of Education, under the name Seventh Male Real Gymnasium.

The upper grades (from fifth to eighth) were in the building of the pre-war Fourth Male Real Gymnasium, on the corner of Tiršova Street and Vojvoda Mirko, and the lower grades were in Jove Ilića Street in the building of the then "Bora Stanković" elementary school.

By returning to the old school system, the Eleventh Belgrade High School maintained its basic commitment: educating students according to a program that ensures continued education at a higher level and eligibility for admission to all faculties in the country.

Teaching is organized on the basis of unique plans and programs for gymnasiums through the fields of: natural-mathematical and social-linguistic.