Among the seven national higher middle schools, which included the First through the Fifth Schools and the ones in Yamaguchi and Kagoshima established in 1886 by the Middle School Order, the six schools excluding the one in Kagoshima were reorganized into higher schools in 1894.
1886年の中学校令により設立された第一から第五、山口、鹿児島の7官立高等中学校のうち、鹿児島をのぞく6校を1894年高等学校に改組してはじまった。