Shanxi Experimental Secondary School

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name = Shanxi Experimental Secondary School
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streetaddress = 223 Jiefang Road
city = Taiyuan
province = Shanxi
postcode = 030002
country = China
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founder = Zhang Zhidong
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founded = 1882
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homepage = Shanxi Experimental Secondary School is recognized as the one of top high schools in Shanxi Province, P.R.China. Located across a street to the provincial government buildings of Shanxi Province in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School gains the largest budget among all the high schools in Shanxi Province each year from the government. It is also the only high school in Shanxi Province governed directly by the provincial education department other than the city education department. Shanxi Experimental Secondary School was founded in 1882 by Zhang Zhidong, a famous scholar, reformer, and official in the late Qing Dynasty.

The school is prestigious for its strict admission and its high education quality. In 2007, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School has the highest requirement of entrance score of the all the high schools in Shanxi Province in the provincial standard High School Entrance Examination. In the same year, the graduation classes have the highest average score in the National University Entrance Exam in Shanxi Province. The Chinese top universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University have early admission tests in Shanxi Experimental Secondary School each year, which is the only test location in the province. More than 50 students are admitted by the two top universities every year. Many students from Shanxi Experimental Secondary School are remarkable for the national and international science Olympiad competition awards, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Also, the school is famous for its international student exchange program. A large number of students have visited and studied in the colleges in Toronto, Sydney, Auckland, Edinburgh and London. Some of the graduating students are admitted by Stanford University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Toronto and other world-famous universities