Shanghai High School
| Shanghai High School | |
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989 Bo'se Road Xuhui, Shanghai  People's Republic of China
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | 读书，明理，做人，成材 study, sensibility, morals, success |
| Established | 1865 |
| Principal | Feng Zhigang (冯志刚) |
| Faculty | 178 |
| Enrollment | over 3000 |
| Campus | 56 acres (230,000 m2) |
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Shanghai High School （English Version） International Division |
Shanghai High School (Chinese: 上海中学) is a top public high school in Shanghai municipality, People's Republic of China. It also has an international division, the Shanghai High School International Division. In a 2016 ranking of Chinese high schools that send students to study in American universities, Shanghai High School ranked number 3 in mainland China in terms of the number of students entering top American universities.
The campus is located on 989 Baise Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China. The campus covers 340 mu or about 56 acres.
Its junior department was separated to Shanghai Huayu Private School (Chinese: 上海市民办华育中學）in 1999. Shanghai High School's sister school in Hong Kong is the St. Paul's Co-educational College.
The school was established in 1865 (originally named as Long Men College 龍門書院). Its name was changed to Jiangsu Shanghai High School in 1927, and it was renamed as Shanghai High School in 1950.
During World War II, the school's buildings were used by the Japanese as a prison camp, Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center. An exhibition of the school's unique history can be seen in the school's art building exhibition center.
In June 1993, Shanghai High School became the first Chinese school to start an international division. In 1995, Shanghai High School International Division became the first in China to offer an International Baccalaureate program. More than 1750 students from the United States, Japan, Korea, Canada, England, Italy, Germany, Australia, Yugoslavia, Iran, Egypt, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan represent just some of the fifty plus countries and regions represented at Shanghai High School International Division. In 2005, 37.5% graduates entered top 20 universities in the US.
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