There are seven top middle schools in Nantong, and the strength of each school is relatively average. The enrollment scope is mainly aimed at outstanding students in the counties and cities where they are located, and there are few cross-regional enrollment. These seven schools can rank among the top 30 in Jiangsu Province every year.

Among them, Haian Middle School and Haimen Middle School are the best, and the annual enrollment of Qingbei Middle School can be stabilized at around 10, ranking among the best in Jiangsu Province.

In the college entrance examination in 20 18, there were 47 students in Hai 'an Middle School, 46 students in Quannantong City16 students in Jiangsu Province. Hai 'an Middle School ranked second in Jiangsu Province with more than 400 points, second only to 49 students in Wuxi tianyi middle school. However, the gold content of local students in two excellent provinces is not as good as that in Hai 'an.

Rudong Middle School, Nantong Middle School, rugao middle school and the three schools in Nantong are also very good, ranking in the top 20 in Jiangsu Province, slightly worse than the two seas, but the gap is not big. In recent years, Rudong Middle School often ranks first in the province.

Qidong Middle School and Tongzhou Middle School are slightly inferior, ranking in the top 30 in Jiangsu Province. Even so, the admission rates of both schools are above 85%. Yuan Meng, the top science student in Jiangsu College Entrance Examination on 20 18, graduated from Tongzhou Middle School, and Qidong Middle School was once famous and won 20 Olympic gold medals.

The strength of Nantong education lies in stability and equality, and it does not need predatory enrollment like Hengshui, which wastes people's money and superficial scenery. Perhaps from that time on, Nantong had a tradition of respecting teachers and valuing education.