Recognized as the best public primary school in Hongkou District. Hongkou District No. 4 Central Primary School was founded in 1988 and currently has two campuses: Dongti and Chifeng. The school covers an area of 10,279 square meters, with a construction area of 8,912 square meters, and has 2 reading rooms, 2 laboratories, and 17 special classrooms including singing room, music room, laboratory, labor room, art room, and computer room.

In 2018, the school had a total of 123 faculty members and 119 full-time teachers. Among them, there are 82 teachers with intermediate and senior professional titles, 113 teachers with bachelor's degree or above, and the teacher-student ratio is 1:11. In addition, the proportion of young teachers in the school has reached 80%, and the teachers of Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School are shared with the private No. 4 Central Experimental Primary School under its group.

According to the statistics of a third-party education information agency, the number of winners in the four major cups in Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School in 2016 accounted for 9.38% of the school, ranking tenth among public primary schools in the city. However, it is understood that Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School is not actually "chicken blood", and the amount of homework in the fourth and fifth grades usually does not exceed one hour. The reason for its excellent results in the cup is more related to the parents who generally pay attention to the Olympiad.

In terms of class setting, Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School has a key class, called "Elf Class". The pokemon class has been offered since the third grade, and students with excellent math scores are selected to enter the class. After students enter the elf class, the last place elimination system will be implemented according to the final exam results. The elf class has additional mathematical thinking training courses every week, and the elf class is also divided into A and B classes, and the students in class A will have Chinese and English training every other week.

In terms of extracurricular activities, the number of extracurricular activities in the school has increased since the third grade, and in addition to the monthly subject festivals, there are also larger activities such as the "10th birthday" in the third grade and the "two-day camp" in the fifth grade. Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School also has many school teams, including dance teams, baseball teams, robot teams, chorus teams, etc., and the school often organizes students to participate in municipal and district competitions, with rich and colorful activities.

The counterpart junior high school of Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School is the key Hongkou experimental school in the district, while the counterpart junior high schools of other primary schools in Hongkou are ordinary public junior high schools. In addition, it is also the primary school with the most recommended places in Hongkou, even if Guangling Road Primary School has ranked first in the district unified examination in previous years.

The counterpart of Hongkou No. 4 Central Primary School (2017) includes Dongwu, Dongsi, UnionPay, Hongyan, and Shangshang (north of Chifeng Road), and the school district housing representative communities include Dongwu Community, Dongsi Community and UnionPay Garden, with prices ranging from 75,000 to 89,000 yuan. The above price information is as of June 2018.