The only one of the sainik schools to be administered by the state government, the alumni of which, Captain Manoj Pandey, posthumously received Param Vir Chakra.
It is a co-ed (for both boys and girls) residential English medium school affiliated to CBSE Board.
The school prepares boys and girls for the science stream of the Central Board of Secondary Education Examination (CBSE) for Class 10 and 12, New Delhi.
[2] The school has facilities for games like hockey, cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, boxing, table tennis, horse riding and swimming.
Its academic facilities include science laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology; separate music and art rooms; and a library.
The school has six houses named after personalities, Shastri, Pant, Nehru, Sampurnanand, Kidwai and Tandon.