Joongdong High School

Joongdong High School
Location
Gangnam-gu , Seoul South Korea
Information
Type	Private (autonomous private high school)
Established	1906
Faculty	approx. 106
Gender	Boys
Number of students	approx. 1,360
Website	http://www.joongdong.hs.kr

Joongdong High School (Hangul: 중동고등학교, Hanja: 中東高等學校) is a private school founded in 1906,^[1] located in Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The school and its foundation were undertaken in 1994 by Samsung Group by the will of group's founder, Lee Byung-chul, the school's 26th graduate. This school is currently operated by Joongdong Educational Foundation.

Reputation[]

Many of Joongdong High School students get an offer from Korean top-tier universities. Also in 2011, Joongdong High School ranked #1 to be offered to enter Seoul National University (Best university in Korea). In 2012, the entrance rate for SKY (universities) rated 21.6%, which is the highest among korea's regular high school.^[2]

Notable alumni[]

• Buddhism leader Song Wol joo
• Poet Kim Ji Ha
• Actor Lee Byung-hun
• Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung group^[3]
• Kim Moo-sung
• Poet, Korean language scholar Yang Joo Dong
• Actor Kim Soo-hyun
• Football manager Cha Kyung-bok
• Footballer Cho Jae-min
• Footballer and football manager Ko Jae-wook
• Footballer Lee Ho
• Moon Guk-hyeon
• Yang Seung-jo
• Lee Kyu-hyung

See also[]

• Education in South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

References[]

External links[]

• School website (in Korean)