It is a general educational institution of academic level, humanities- and linguistics-oriented; it is aimed at a more comprehensive development of the students' intellectual abilities.

Due to certain difficulties, the school was obliged to change its location and move in 1935 to the building of the former gymnasium for girls.

English (profound study), German (second foreign language) and French (optional) are taught.

They also make reports at the annual theoretical and practical conferences hosted by the Crimean Institute of Business.

Since 1999 the Gymnasium has been cooperating with US Peace Corps in Ukraine (teachers Erica Martin in 2000, Alison Stohr in 2007 and Adrianne Kleine in 2010).