Established on July 3, 2010 - inaugurated by Shri S. N. Singh, the then Managing Director of Rourkela Steel Plant, in the presence of Justice R. N. Mittal, Vice President of DAV College Managing Committee - DAV Public School Sector-16 sits at the heart of RSP's Steel Industrial Township in Rourkela, Sundargarh district. The school is part of the DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, the country's largest non-governmental educational network, and serves the families of the steel township and surrounding areas of Rourkela as a co-educational, English-medium CBSE school running from Nursery through Class 12.

As a CBSE school in Rourkela, the institution follows a structured academic programme supported by 30 ICT-trained teaching and non-teaching staff members. The school maintains a term-wise syllabus, a weekly test schedule, and a dedicated CCA planner running parallel to the academic calendar. Regular orientation programmes and seminars are organised periodically for teacher development. Hawan is conducted regularly on campus, consistent with the DAV tradition of grounding daily school life in Vedic practices.

The campus in Steel Township includes a composite science laboratory, a reading-cum-library hall, an activity hall, a playschool facility, and a playground - all within a well-furnished building with separate facilities for boys and girls. Subject exhibitions are held on PTM days, giving students a regular platform to demonstrate their learning across disciplines. The school also offers Taekwondo as part of its activities, as documented in the campus photo gallery. Infrastructure pages on the school's website detail further facilities available to students across all classes.

Admissions are open for Nursery through Class 12, with an online admission form available at davsec16.co.in. Parents can also access the fee structure, academic calendar, and CCA planner directly on the website. For direct enquiries, the school can be contacted at davps1621@gmail.com. DAV Public School Sector-16 is located at RSP Rourkela Industrial Township, Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha - PIN 769003, making it one of the best schools in Rourkela for families seeking CBSE continuity from pre-primary through senior secondary.