10th grade benchmark score dropped 'shockingly' by 4.25, what did Gia Dinh High School say?

The 10th grade benchmark score in 2025 for Gia Dinh High School, Ho Chi Minh City is only 18.75 points, a decrease of 4.25 points. Therefore, this school has fallen out of the top schools with the highest benchmark scores in Ho Chi Minh City.

Gia Dinh High School students in an extracurricular activity - Photo: School Fanpage

Talking to Tuoi Tre Online about the 10th grade benchmark score in 2025 decreasing too much, Ms. Bui My Thuy, Vice Principal of Gia Dinh High School, Ho Chi Minh City, said that according to the list of candidates admitted to Gia Dinh High School for the 10th grade in the 2025-2026 school year that the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City transferred, the number of students with scores from 18.75 to under 20 points is only 27. That means only 3% of students out of a total of 846 students achieved a benchmark score below 20 points.

The remaining 64% of students scored 23 points or more, 33% scored 20 - 22.75 points. Of these, 21% scored 25 points or more. Notably, this year's admission season had 10 students scoring 27 points or more admitted to grade 10 at Gia Dinh High School.

Statistics show: only 3% of students scored below 20 - Source: Provided by Gia Dinh High School

Grade 10 enrollment quota increased "dramatically"

Explaining the reduction of the 10th grade benchmark score by 4.25 points compared to 2024 (this year's benchmark score is 18.75; in 2024 it is 23 points), Ms. Thuy said: "This year is the first year the school does not enroll specialized 10th grade students. Instead, the school has been assigned 270 more quotas by the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City compared to last year. Therefore, the total quota for regular 10th grade in the 2025-2026 school year of Gia Dinh High School has increased to a record level: 846 students. However, if calculating the average entrance score of 10th grade students in 2025, it is 23.42; while in 2024 it is 23.91. That is, there is a decrease, but not much decrease".

Ms. Thuy added: "We have been making efforts every day to improve the quality of training. This is reflected in the results of excellent student exams at all levels, science and technology exams... For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Gia Dinh High School students won 6 prizes in the national excellent student exam, then in the 2024-2025 school year, this number increased to 11 prizes. Of which, 1 student entered the second round of the excellent student selection exam to participate in the international physics exam.

Similarly, in the city-level excellent student exam, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school had 86 students winning prizes, while in the 2024-2025 school year, this number was 135 students (including 12 first prizes, 38 second prizes, 85 third prizes)"...

Professional and amateur

Gia Dinh High School was established in 1956, belonging to Nguyen Duy Khang Parish with Father Vu Khoa Cu as director. After April 30, 1975, the school was nationalized as Thanh My Tay Secondary and High School.

In the 1995-1996 school year, the school officially changed its name to Gia Dinh Secondary and High School. Since the 1999-2000 school year, the school separated the secondary school and changed to Gia Dinh High School.

This is one of the famous high schools in Ho Chi Minh City with many outstanding achievements, especially in the training and fostering of excellent students. Therefore, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City has chosen Gia Dinh as one of the four high schools in the city to recruit and train some specialized classes, in addition to the normal general education program classes (the remaining three high schools are: Nguyen Thuong Hien, Mac Dinh Chi and Nguyen Huu Huan).

Starting from 2025, Ho Chi Minh City will implement new regulations on specialized high schools, so all four high schools above will stop enrolling specialized 10th grade students.

For many years, Gia Dinh High School has always been in the top schools with the highest standard scores in Ho Chi Minh City.

This year, the 10th grade benchmark score for Gia Dinh High School dropped "shockingly" by 4.25 points, causing a stir in the student community with many conflicting and negative opinions.

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HOANG HUONG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/diem-chuan-lop-10-giam-soc-4-25-truong-thpt-gia-dinh-noi-gi-20250628234437.htm