Abstract: Group running of primary and secondary schools is an important form of basic education development in China. The paper analyzes relevant research literature in this field from 2000 to 2019 by using Citespace software. The results show that: The research on the group running of primary and secondary schools has generally gone through three stages: research exploration period, fluctuating growth period and rapid growth period; East China Normal University, Shijia Education Group, Nanjing Normal University, Capital Normal University and Beijing Normal University are the main research forces; The main contents of the existing research: the connotation and mode of group running of primary and secondary schools; research on the value and significance; research on economic benefits, faculty construction, difficulties and problems in the group running of primary and secondary schools; Looking forward to the future, the follow-up researches will pay attention to the following aspects: the development law of the group running of primary and secondary schools; the norms of the legal system; evaluation index system of group school running effectiveness; the development of private schools within the group; and the development situation of schools outside the group.