The school was started in the year 1959 with a handful of children. The primary section was added in 1984. The new science block was constructed in 1993. Computer classes were introduced in 1988. The LKG was started from July 1998. Thus taking the total number of student to 2400. At the +2 level the school has Math’s, Biology, Arts and Commerce facilities.

St. Gabriel’s Higher Secondary is situated in Ranjhi, which is a suburban town in Jabalpur District. Jabalpur is a bustling city in Madhya Pradesh, a state of Republic of India. Jabalpur has a great historical importance because of its association with Satvahanas, Bodhis, and Kalchuris. In historical records this city was called Jabalipattan, according to historians the city abounds in huge granite boulders, which in Arabic are called Jabal, which forms the root for the name of the city that is Jabal – pur.

Ranjhi, which was to play a leading role in the education of the youth, was just a suburb of Jabalpur. In 1955 Rev. Father Van Helvert O’Praem bought the land situated near West Land Estate, from Seth Narsingh Das. In 1958 Rev. Brother Eleazer together with Brother Rambert, the Visitor General visited the place. The council meeting held at San Thome on March 27 th 1958 accepted this foundation as from June 1959.