Among more than 110 public high schools in Ho Chi Minh City, there are schools with high 10th grade benchmark scores every year. Among them, Nguyen Thuong Hien High School (Tan Binh District) has ranked first in benchmark scores for many consecutive years.

Explaining this, the principal of a high school said that this is one of the schools that has often recruited specialized classes in the past few years. Thus, the school has been recruited in the first round (along with Le Hong Phong and Tran Dai Nghia specialized schools), which is unusual for all regular schools. Second, the population density in Tan Binh, Tan Phu, and Binh Tan districts is very high. Meanwhile, in this area, there are few public high schools compared to the remaining areas.

Tan Binh District has only 3 public schools: Nguyen Thuong Hien, Nguyen Thai Binh, Nguyen Chi Thanh. Meanwhile, Tan Phu District has public schools: Tan Binh, Tay Thanh, Tran Phu, Le Trong Tan. Therefore, students flock to register for Nguyen Thuong Hien High School, while the school has already recruited the first round, so the standard score for admission is often very high.

Binh Tan District has Vinh Loc, Nguyen Huu Canh, Binh Hung Hoa, Binh Tan, and An Lac schools. However, Binh Tan is a densely populated district. This year, the district proposed to increase nearly 700 public grade 10 quotas for Binh Tri Dong B High School.

Also from 2025, Nguyen Thuong Hien High School and 3 other regular schools, Gia Dinh, Nguyen Huu Huan, and Mac Dinh Chi, will stop recruiting specialized classes.

The remaining schools have extremely high admission scores such as Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School, Le Quy Don High School, Bui Thi Xuan High School because they have long-standing traditions and are located in District 3 and 1, the city center.

Gia Dinh High School (Binh Thanh) attracts many students from this district and the surrounding districts of Binh Thanh. Nguyen Huu Huan High School (Thu Duc) is the best school in the city of more than 1.2 million people (Thu Duc City). In addition, each district has 1 high school that is noticed and becomes the center of attention such as: Nguyen Huu Cau High School (Hoc Mon) is interested by students in Hoc Mon and District 12.

Phu Nhuan High School (Phu Nhuan); Mac Dinh Chi High School (District 6); Practical High School - Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (District 5); Tran Phu High School (Tan Phu).

Here are the top 10 schools with the highest 10th grade benchmark scores in Ho Chi Minh City every year:

SCHOOL YEAR NV1 NV2 NV3
Nguyen Thuong Hien High School 2024 24.25 25.25 26
2023 25.5 25.75 26
Nguyen Huu Huan High School 2024 23.25 23.75 24.25
2023 23.75 24 24.25
Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School 2024 23.25 23.5 24
2023 24.25 24.5 24.75
Gia Dinh High School 2024 23 23.5 23.75
2023 24.5 24.75 25
Le Quy Don High School 2024 22.5 22.75 23
2023 23.25 24.25 25
Tran Phu High School 2024 23.25 23.25 23.5
2023 23.25 23.75 24
Nguyen Huu Cau High School 2024 22.5 22.75 23
2023 23 23.25 23.75
Phu Nhuan High School 2024 22.5 23 24
2023 23.5 23.75 24.25
Mac Dinh Chi High School 2024 22.5 23.5 23.75
2023 23.25 23.5 23.75
University of Education Practice High School 2024 23 23.25 24
2023 22.5 23 24
Bui Thi Xuan High School 2024 22.25 22.5 22.75
2023 23.5 24.5 24.75

Many schools have very low benchmark scores.

On the contrary, many schools in Ho Chi Minh City have very low admission scores, mainly Binh Chanh, Nha Be, Cu Chi, Can Gio. Candidates only need to score 3-4 points higher per subject to be admitted, such as Duong Van Duong High School, An Nhon Tay, Quang Trung, An Nghia, Can Thanh, Binh Khanh, Da Phuoc, Phong Phu...

Grade 10
18 schools with very low 10th grade benchmark scores in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024

From 3:00 p.m. on May 2, parents and students can access the 10th grade admission system at ts10.hcm.edu.vn to register their 10th grade wishes online at public high schools for the 2025-2026 school year.

The registration period will end at 5:00 p.m. on May 10. Secondary schools will enter data for secondary school graduation, priority (if any) and support candidates in registering if any problems occur.

On May 14, the Department of Education and Training announced the number of students who registered their initial wishes and if needed, students can change their wishes until 5:00 p.m. on May 19.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/top-10-truong-co-diem-chuan-lop-10-cao-nhat-tphcm-hoc-gioi-cung-kho-chen-chan-2392376.html