The secondary school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a key boarding high school which is led by the Shanghai Municipal Education Committee and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The school was founded in 1954 in Shanghai City, the first secondary school in 1958 to the crash of workers and peasants, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University foundation, in 1962 changed to the Shanghai engineering college preparatory (middle), 1963 to 1964 traffic school, as of now, in February 2005, the school was officially named the first batch of "Shanghai City experimental model high school". The campus has a beautiful environment and elegant scenery. Since the 80s of last century, it has been the "Shanghai garden unit".

交大附中是上海四大名校之一，几乎是所有名列前茅的优秀初中生的理想高中，学校师资力量雄厚，办学理念先进，培养了一批又一批优秀毕业生考入全国乃至世界名校，如北大、清华、交大、复旦、同济等，还有世界名校牛津、剑桥、哈佛、耶鲁等等。学校还有与国际接轨的国际部，lB课程国际部，教学成果均列国内领先水平！