Enskilda Gymnasiet is widely regarded as one of the top schools in Sweden and has been attended by the royal children.

Since 1973 the school has been housed at Tegnerlunden 5 in a building originally designed by architecture firm Hagström & Ekman in 1906.

The school's athletic education is primarily held at the facilities of the Royal Institute of Technology and Östermalms Idrottsplats.

Traditionally EG has strong ties and rivalries, especially in sports, with Lundsbergs Skola, SSHL, Viktor Rydbergs Gymnasium Djursholm and Grennaskolan.

Japanska Skolan i Stockholm (ストックホルム日本人補習学校 Sutokkuhorumu Nihonjin Hoshū Gakkō), a weekend Japanese school, holds its classes at Enskilda Gymnasiet.