The Latin school wasn't continued until 1718 as Collegium Reuchlianum in the sacristy extension of the castle church.

The riverside road on the Enz at the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received the name "Simmlerstraße" in memory of the first known rector of the Latin school.

Eleven years later the High Secondary School, now named Hebel-Gymnasium, moved into its new house.

The destruction of Pforzheim on 23 February 1945 ruined the Reuchlin-Gymnasium building stock so severely that it couldn't be rebuilt.

1955 the Reuchlin-Gymnasium received its organisational independence back again on the occasion of the humanist Johannes Reuchlin's 500th birthday.

In class 8 every student has the choice between Ancient Greek and Naturwissenschaft und Technik (English Science and technical education).

The highly gifted orientation, which the school has had since 2006, teaches Latin from class 5 onwards and is taught by extra skilled teachers.

The topics range from sports to music, film to theatre as well as learning of languages to IT and ambulance.