Duck school is down from 63 to 1…Senzoku Gakuen is making great strides! The Rise and Fall of 30 Years of High Schools that Passed the University of Tokyo”: The Background to the Struggles of Difficult Girls’ Schools such as Sakurain

The lost centripetal force of a one-man management

Toin Gakuen is a strong sports school (107 students to 6).

The school’s chancellor, Noboru Ukawa, led the school for many years. He was a one-man manager who led a mammoth school of about 1,600 students per school year with a policy of quality over quantity. The school lost its centripetal force. The school’s popularity gradually declined, partly due to the inconvenient location of the school, which can only be reached by bus from the nearest station.

Sugamo, once ranked second only to Tokyo’s top three boys’ schools, has also seen an unstoppable decline in the number of successful applicants. 30 years ago, 63 students were accepted to Tokyo University, but this year, only one has been accepted. ……

The school’s image was that of a hard-core school, with students swimming in loincloths, but the school culture has softened considerably. However, the school moved to a bad location for several years starting in ’12 to build a new school building, which had a great impact. Students who took the entrance exam for the school avoided it. I have the impression that excellent students were lost to Hongo (from 2 to 15), another boys’ school in the neighborhood. However, the school still has a high track record in medical school admissions. The school is actively reforming itself, so I am sure it will make a comeback in a few years.”

Former results and name recognition do not reflect the present. The ability of high schools changes from year to year.