| Shanxi Experimental Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
| 85 Jiefang Road Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030002, People's Republic of China |
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| Information | |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Founder | Zhang Zhidong |
Shanxi Experimental Secondary School (Chinese: 山西省实验中学) is a public, co-educational day school in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.
It was founded in 1882 by Zhang Zhidong, a famous scholar, reformer, and official in the late Qing Dynasty. Shanxi Experimental Secondary School is considered one of the top preparatory schools in Shanxi Province, and amongst the top three feeder institutions in the province for elite colleges. Today the school is divided into Middle School (7th through 9th grades), and High School (10th through 12th grades). Located by the provincial government complex of Shanxi Province, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School maintains the largest budget among all the high schools in Shanxi Province. It is also the only high school in Shanxi Province directed by the provincial Department of Education other than the municipal.
The school is prestigious for selective admission and high quality of education. In recent years, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School has higher average entrance score than any other high school in Shanxi Province in the provincial standard High School Entrance Examination. Annually, the graduates top the National University Entrance Exam list in the province. Chinese top universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University hold early admission tests in Shanxi Experimental Secondary School in early spring. Many students from Shanxi Experimental Secondary School are remarkable for the national and international science Olympiad competition awards in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science and Mathematics. Today, the school consists with internationalization. A large number of students have pursued study in the post-secondary schools in U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia and other countries.