跨入新世纪，无锡市第一中学的办学条件发生了巨大的变化。校园面积成倍扩展，现代化的教学楼、实验楼、塑胶标准田径运动场全面启用，数字化、开放性的理、化、生实验室和功能齐全的学术报告厅等现代教育教学设施为无锡市一中学生的全面发展奠定了雄厚的物质基础。
    The qualification of the school facilities has greatly improved after entering the new century: the acreage has been enlarged; modern instruction building, experiment building and the standard plastic sports field have been put into use; such modern instruction facilities as the digital and open laboratories for physics, chemistry and biology, and multi-functional academic reporting hall become the solid material foundation for the all-round education of the students in Wuxi No.1 Senior High School.