In 2015 Eunice was recognised as the Top Performing Public School in South Africa.
[1] Originally named the Oranje Vrij Staat Dames Instituut, the school was founded in 1875 on the initiative of the Dutch Reformed Church.
The name Eunice is a biblical reference to the mother of Timothy in the New Testament.
Its first headmistress was summoned from Stirling to replicate Scottish standards and values in Bloemfontein.
[citation needed] In 1902 Ella Campbell Scarlett became the first and only doctor employed at the school, and is known as the first woman medical practitioner in Bloemfontein, South Africa.