대부분의 향교가 태조(太祖)부터 세종(世宗) 대에 건립되어, 성종(成宗) 때는 일읍일교(一邑一校) 체계를 갖추게 되었다.
Most of the district school were built during the reign of King Taejo to King Sejong, and during the reign of King Seongjong, the system of one school per one village was established.