Shanghai is the most developed region in the country for private education, and in recent years, its private primary schools have completely overshadowed public primary schools. But even so, there are still some public primary schools that have a high reputation among parents, and Mingzhu Primary School is the best representative of them. In the case that most of the students are students from the corresponding area, their junior high school results can still squeeze into the top three in the city.
Founded in 1993, Mingzhu Primary School is the first public primary school in Pudong New Area. So far, the school has three campuses, namely Campus A on Nanquan North Road, Campus B on Laoshan East Road and Campus C on Shengyuan Road. Among the three campuses, Campus C has the largest area of 20,500 square meters, while Campus A and Campus B are 7,552 square meters and 8,750 square meters respectively. In terms of hardware, Campus C is also more complete, with a football field, a basketball court, an indoor gymnasium, a library and a laboratory, as well as 8 dedicated classrooms. Campuses A and B also have basketball courts, libraries, and laboratories, but the number of classrooms is small.
In 2017, a total of 42 students from Mingzhu Primary School were admitted to Huayu Middle School, which ranked among the top in the city from 2013 to 2016, with 36, 56, 54 and 47 respectively. In 2015, among the 54 students admitted to Huayu Middle School, 30 were in campus A, 8 in campus B, and 16 in campus C. Of the 47 students in 2016, 24 were from Campus A, 9 from Campus B, and 14 from Campus C. In addition, in the 2016 four major cup competitions, 62, 29 and 34 students from the three campuses A, B and C won awards respectively, ranking 4th, 15th and 7th in the city respectively.
The reason why most of the students are born in the right area is that Mingzhu's junior high school results are still very dazzling, which is inseparable from its chicken blood. Mingzhu is known for its chicken blood, with a lot of homework and difficult courses. The school has as many as three sets of English and math textbooks, and students learn multiplication and spatial concepts from the first grade, and Pearl is also one of the few schools in public schools to teach beyond the curriculum. Some parents said that if they plan to enter Mingzhu to study, it is best for their children to have a little English foundation, so that it will be easier to learn. In addition, the examination of Pearl is also more difficult, and the teacher encourages students to participate in training courses outside of school.
Pearl Primary School continues to explore the curriculum. Take the lead in replacing large classes (40 minutes) with small classes (35 minutes) and implement small-class teaching; The mid-term and final exams were renamed "exercises", and some students were exempted from examinations and multi-examination flexible assessment methods, and students who were exempted from examinations were replaced by practical activities; Abolish the single form of assessment based on scores and establish a system for students' learning process and content to comprehensively assess student performance. In addition to intensive study, Pearl has designated every Thursday as a homework-free day, during which students can participate in various extracurricular activities such as painting, Sudoku, handicrafts, movies, choir and sports teams. In addition, in terms of the school-running model, Mingzhu also tried to innovate, canceled the teaching office and the general affairs office, and implemented the two-level management operation mode in charge of the principal.
In terms of enrollment, the enrollment area of Pearl A Campus (2017, the same below) is Lane 551 and Lane 571 of Laoshan Road, No. 1015, 1017 and 1040 of Nanquan North Road, No. 1299, 1341, 1349, 1399 and 1449 of Pudong South Road, Qianjia Lane, Weifang Street, Lane 59 and 89 of Weifang Road, and Lane 628 of Zhangyang Road; Campus B is Lane 638, Lane 644, Lane 645, Lane 646 of Laoshan Road, Lane 330 of Pudian Road, Weifang Sixth Village, Weifang Seventh Village, Weifang Road No. 120~158 (except for double number and No. 124); Campus C is Lane 2861, Lane 2878 and Lane 2879 of Gaoqing Road, Lane 777 of Shengyuan Road, and Lane 4501 of Yanggao South Road.
The house price in Area A of Mingzhu Primary School is between 90,000 and 130,000 yuan per square meter, and the age of the house is mostly 20 to 30 years, and the corresponding Quandong community is more than 25 years old, with a small area of about 40 square meters, and the price is close to 120,000 yuan per square meter; The housing prices in Area B are between 80,000 and 120,000 yuan per square meter, and most of the residential areas are small apartments with an age of about 30 years; The housing price in Area C is around 90,000 yuan per square meter. The above price information is as of June 2018.
