1 High School (simplified Chinese: 宁乡市第一中高级中学; traditional Chinese: 寧鄉市第一高級中學; pinyin: Níngxiāng Yīzhōng), commonly abbreviated as (Ningxiang) Yizhong (simplified Chinese: 宁乡一中; traditional Chinese: 寧鄉一中), is a public coeducational high school in Yutan Subdistrict of Ningxiang, Hunan, China.
In 1912, Hunan Provincial No.1 Female Normal School (湖南省省立第一女子师范学校) was founded by Zhu Jianfan.
After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 (and the resulting expansion of Japanese territorial control in east China), the school moved to Xiangtan, Loudi, Anhua successively.
With a high reputation for outstanding school running achievements, Ningxiang No.1 High School is recognized by the whole society and generate extensive social effect.
In 2003, the famous scientists, the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and the former chairman of the Chinese Association of science and technology, Zhou Guangzhao, donated the gold medal of "two bombs and one star" to Ningxiang No.1 High School, encouraging the vast majority of the students to study hard and make contributions to science.