According to the website of Shanghai Food Science and Technology School, Shanghai Food Science and Technology School was founded in 1985 and is a full-time public secondary vocational school, so Shanghai Food Science and Technology School is a secondary school.

There are more than 2,000 teachers and students in the school, which is the first batch of civilized campuses in Shanghai, civilized units in Shanghai, a model school of systematic code of conduct for secondary vocational schools in Shanghai, a training base for high-skilled talents in Shanghai, a teaching material construction base for vocational education in Shanghai, and an experimental base for vocational education and adult education in East China Normal University.