St. Francis Higher Secondary School, Akhnoor was established in April 1983 by the Catholic Diocese of Jammu-Srinagar and is administered by Jammu-Srinagar Diocesan Education Society (Reg. No. 1601-S of 1989) under the provisions of Article 30 (1) of the Indian Constitution principally for the benefits of the Christians in addition to others irrespective of caste, creed, gender and social status.