Lan Qing Middle School is one of the four famous schools in Ningbo, and Shuguang Middle School is a sought-after school in the third district. Ningbo Yinzhou Lan Qing School was established in June, 1998. It is a full-time boarding private school. The school is connected with Yinzhou Middle School, a provincial key high school. It introduces abundant teachers and advanced education and teaching management system from Yinzhou Middle School, and enjoys the first-class teaching facilities of Yinzhou Middle School. Shuguang Middle School was founded in August, 1989. There are 27 teaching classes, with about 1400 students, 100 staff and 88 full-time teachers, including 34 senior teachers and 38 intermediate teachers. The school covers an area of 33 mu, with a building area of 10508 square meters. Equipped with gymnasium, science and technology museum, observatory, animal world, botanical garden, happy stadium, beyond square and other cultural attractions and educational landscape. Both schools are key universities in Ningbo, but the admission rate of college entrance examination in Lan Qing is higher than that in Shuguang Middle School.