Yongji High School was founded in 1943, the Anti-Japanese War period. It was established as key middle school of Shanxi province. It has been awarded the titles of “Shanxi First Batch Key Middle School” in 1984, “Shanxi Model High School” in 2009, “National Specialized School of Campus Football” in 2017, “Shanxi Model Unit”, “Shanxi Advanced School of Traditional Sports”, “Shanxi Advanced Collectivity of Educational System”, and “Yuncheng Advanced School of Teaching and Educational Quality” etc.
In recent years, Yongji City High School has been carrying out educational policy in all-round way. It persists in people-oriented education, exploring educational innovation and promoting quality-oriented education. Under the motto of “Standard, Innovation, Tolerance, Motivation”, the scores of college entrance examination have been ranked first among 13 counties for 10 consecutive years, becoming a famous school of basic education field in Yuncheng and Shanxi province.
