Atal Adarsh Vidyalaya Balmiki Basti was established as a primary school in 1972. For a long period it was called N P Primary School Balmiki Basti . In the mid-eighties the school was upgraded to a middle school. In 1989 it was upgraded to a Secondary School.. Urdu has been an integral part of the school for long. There are Urdu medium sections, along with Hindi medium sections in the middle classes