 As of May 2013 there were 1542 pupils at the school.On April 16, 2014, a ferry carrying 325 of the school's junior class and a dozen of its teachers capsized en route from Incheon towards Jeju resulting in many fatalities and injuries.The school was closed until April 24, when it opened only for the 75 surviving juniors; yellow ribbons were tied to the school's gate, and a shrine of flowers and hundreds of notes to the dead adorned the school's entrance.