But because of the financial difficulty following the Seinan War, English Language Schools in Aichi, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Niigata and Miyagi were closed in 1877 (and were later transferred to their respective prefectures and reformed as junior high schools [old education system]), and those in Tokyo and Osaka were reformed to be Preparatory School of the University of Tokyo and Osaka Technical College, respectively, which became the predecessor of Daiichi High School (old education system) and Daisan High School (old education system), respectively.
しかし西南戦争後の財政難により1877年、愛知・広島・長崎・新潟・宮城の各英語学校は廃止（その後地元の県に移管され、旧制中学校に改編）、東京・大阪の英語学校はそれぞれ東京大学予備門および大阪専門学校に改組され、第一高等学校(旧制)・第三高等学校(旧制)の前身となった。