Qingdao No. 2 Middle School Shandong
School History
Qingdao No. 2 high school was initially built in 1925 as an all-girls elementary school and junior high school. In 1930, a senior high school was also added. With the elemination of the elementary division, the school was enventually converted to a co-ed schoool.
In 1953, it was selected as one of a few schools where only those who had demonstrated exceptional academic abilities in their elementary years could attend. The school has since then consistantly ranked first in Qingdao for the state-administrated examinations, and became the dream school of most elementary-school students.
The system of selective entrance for junior high school was abandoned by the Chinese government in 1997.
Since 2000, the junior high school and the senior high school were split to become two independent schools. The junior high school was named "Yu Cai“ (develop talent) middle school, and the senior high school took the school's original name as Qingdao No. 2 high school.