Pokémon High School

Biodata

History

Foundation and Early Years

Principal Gui established Pokémon High School with Mu Ling as its only other original staff member. It initially had one year group and few students. Early graduates Jixiang and Iron Pipe later returned as teachers, while alumnus Gangzao helped occasionally 658.

The school also accepted adult islanders who lacked basic education. Little Reporter's parents learned literacy, mathematics, and general social knowledge there in their thirties, with Gui allowing them to defer tuition payments. Both formed bonds with Pokémon and subsequently found work at Pier 1 655.

For at least six years, staffing and enrollment remained largely unchanged. By its tenth year, only three graduates had stayed on as teachers: Jixiang, Iron Pipe, and the current Duty Teacher. Service staff were recruited from Island 6's villagers 645 658.

Shen Qi's Enrollment and Public Recognition

When Shen Qi enrolled, the school had few teachers, poor facilities, and many Pokémon with physical or emotional difficulties. Most students came from modest households; some, including Xiao Chun, worked to help support their families 2 4 18 46.

Shen Qi's racing achievements gave the school new publicity. Principal Gui promoted his race entries to attract support, while planning renovations and increased enrollment. A bridge between Out Island and Island 6 offered access to prospective students from the northern Orange Islands 159 339.

After withdrawing from the Spring Race to retrieve an unusual skeletal fossil, Shen Qi presented fossil-revival research with Li Ke. He then loaned the assembled Aerodactyl skeleton to Pokémon High School for display. The announcement brought favorable attention, and Shen Qi stated that the school no longer needed aid merely to remain open 394 395 397.

Competition with Yangbeila Branch School

The Shamouti Island Chief initially supported the prospect of his granddaughter Flula enrolling, but later promoted a Yangbeila High School branch on Shamouti Island. He spread claims that Pokémon High School was failing while seeking students from the same island communities 369 382 394.

The new bridge brought both opportunity and direct competition. Principal Gui accepted Yangbeila Branch School's Friendly Match challenge because refusing—or suffering a crushing defeat—could undermine recruitment. With the school normally enrolling only around a hundred new students annually, a substantial decline threatened its survival 647 648 655.

Shen Qi recruited additional teachers, including Cassidy and Butch, whose experience strengthened the school's battle instruction. Pokémon High School ultimately won the Teacher Group, student group, and team match, overturning its opponent's expectations 658 660 687.

Expansion and Succession

Following the Friendly Match, Gui approved hiring Xiao Cui and proposed restarting the school's adult training program. The school subsequently enrolled 173 new students and became a partner in a nearby Pokémon Resort project 688 707.

Gui encouraged Shen Qi to consider becoming the next principal, emphasizing overall direction and major decisions rather than constant attendance. Shen Qi began testing his suitability by learning the school's support duties alongside Xiao Chun 645 646 658.

As Gui's health worsened, Shen Qi persuaded him to hand over his duties and recuperate before the Fruit Sevii Islands summer camp. Gui later described Shen Qi's graduating class as the last he would see off. At the ceremony, Shen Qi presented Gui with a diploma after receiving his own 731 735 737.

Campus and Facilities

The grounds are extensive because land in the school's remote location is inexpensive. Buildings occupy relatively little of the site, leaving substantial space for Pokémon and natural vegetation 2 705.

• The rear grounds have no enclosing wall. A fence separates part of the Pokémon Living Area from wooded hills, but wild Pokémon can enter and leave 246 646.
• The surrounding landscape extends toward Cliffside Coast and the beach, with Marker Forest and Marker Mountain off to the side 246 705.
• Renovation plans included completing additional classrooms and converting a large unfinished upper space into a tiered lecture hall 339.

Education

Purpose and Curriculum

• Vocational focus: The school prioritizes Pokémon Workers rooted in the islands' environment and industries, rather than elite battling or fashionable, high-profit specialties 394 702.
• General education: Despite poor facilities, it uses the same official textbooks as the Kanto region 46.
• Pokémon studies: Coursework emphasizes energy perception and control, communication, coordination, and interaction with Pokémon 19 138.
• Independent Practical Courses: Students can apply for specialized instruction, although the small teaching staff limits availability 141 143.
• Further pathways: Graduates may enter Pokémon-related employment, take club trainee positions, or pursue further education 645.

Assessments and Standards

Teaching Limitations and Improvements

• Originally, each year group had only one or two teachers, making individualized instruction difficult 143.
• Although Classes A and B remained separate administratively, Shen Qi's first-year cohort of eighty-odd students generally studied together in one large class 396.
• Before later recruitment, instruction barely met the needs of common Pokémon Worker occupations and was much weaker in battling, racing, and Pokémon Contests 591.
• Cassidy and Butch filled a major gap in advanced battle instruction after joining the staff 660.
• Recruitment remained difficult because Island 6 offered limited entertainment, modest pay, and few obvious advancement opportunities 657.

Pokémon Care and Partnership Rules

Admission and Rehabilitation

• The school houses injured, abandoned, or psychologically scarred Pokémon that cannot safely return to the wild 192 646.
• Its 246 registered residents have records and identification tags. Visiting wild Pokémon are not included in this total 646.
• Ordinary students cannot enter the Pokémon Living Area directly. Duty students and support staff feed residents while allowing them to approach people at their own pace 646.
• Staff use corresponding type-energy fluctuations to seem familiar and reassuring, gradually helping withdrawn Pokémon accept human contact and guidance 646.
• Rations are prepared for registered residents with an additional 20% allowance for visiting Pokémon 646.

Student Conduct

• Bond before capture: Conventional battle-and-capture methods are prohibited for the school's residents. Students must develop emotional bonds and become partners through trust 192.
• Assessment before departure: Students must satisfy the school's requirements, including Compatibility testing, before taking a resident Pokémon home 69 141.
• No collection fee: Unlike other schools described in the story, Pokémon High School does not charge students for the cost of raising the Pokémon they take home 141.
• Respect refusal: Students must not force frightened or unwilling Pokémon to participate in photography 42.
• Holiday contact: The school remains open Monday through Friday during summer vacation so students can continue building bonds 47.

Notable Residents

• Lilligant — A longstanding favorite among students who eventually becomes Shen Qi's partner after he passes the Compatibility Assessment 137 141.
• Porygon / Dodo — Placed at the school by the Security Bureau to recover and gradually interact with society. Additional Bureau personnel guarded the campus during this period 136 137 246.
• Shiny Lopunny — Taken in during summer vacation and later brought home by Shen Qi 137 191.
• Bellsprout and Oddish — Timid residents used in Iron Pipe's warning against frightening Pokémon for photographs 20 42.

Staff and Students

Staff

• Principal Gui — Founder and longtime principal; established the school's educational mission and supported students financially and personally 242 658 702.
• Mu Ling — Founding staff member and Duty Teacher. Handles support work, records, and personnel administration 658.
• Jixiang — Graduate turned teacher; guides Shen Qi's Energy Coordination studies and training fundamentals 141 242 645.
• Iron Pipe / Tieguan — Graduate turned teacher associated with physical education, student discipline, and assessments 42 47 340 645.
• Cassidy and Butch — Recruited after completing their sentences and community service for their Team Rocket past. Their arrival substantially improves battle teaching 658 660.
• Qian Hui — New teacher whose employment records and contract are verified before the Friendly Match 667.
• Xiao Cui — Former Yangbeila Branch School teacher accepted after the Friendly Match; wishes to continue teaching without being required to fight arena matches 676 688.

Notable Students and Alumni

• Shen Qi — Student racer and researcher whose publicity, fossil loan, and recruitment efforts support the school's development; considers succeeding Gui 395 645 658.
• Xiao Chun — Student council president and prospective Duty Teacher who learns Pokémon care and school support work 552 645 646.
• Qiu Yan — Fuchsia Gym trainee who enrolls to temper her character and overcome a training bottleneck; later represents the school in the Friendly Match 224 648 678.
• Xiao Ming — Photography-contest winner whose family photograph records their recovery after storm damage to their Berry fields 44.
• Koji — Ruri's son, from Kumquat Island; enrolls because he admires Shen Qi and agrees with the school's philosophy 408 409.
• Taichi — Enrolls after traveling in Alola and passing an additional entrance assessment arranged through Shen Qi 571 591.
• Little Reporter — Returns to Island 6 after being unable to meet Saffron Gym's requirements; later participates in the school's Friendly Match victory 592 648 687.
• Gangzao — Alumnus who runs Berry Forest on Island 3 and returns to support Gui and sponsor Shen Qi 369.

Events and Practical Training

Annual Pokémon Photography Contest

The contest accepts photographs on any theme, uses multiple judging rounds, and awards prizes to the top five entries. Teachers present it as an opportunity to practice communicating with Pokémon 19.

Friendly Match Against Yangbeila Branch School

• This was Pokémon High School's first Friendly Match against another high school 647.
• New teachers' contracts were publicly checked to establish that they were genuine employees rather than temporary outside fighters 667.
• The school had no regular uniform; Gui supplied coordinated battle outfits for the event 667.

Fruit Sevii Islands Summer Camp

• Nana invited the school to undertake practical training that could help improve the islands' fruit cultivation 687.
• Shen Qi, the teachers, and approximately a hundred students traveled there by bus and boat 731.
• The visit paired agricultural experience for students with investigation of the islands' development potential 687 731.

Funding and Partnerships

• Two teachers holding Pokémon Breeder Licenses make the school's participation in the resort viable, with part-time management planned for its early stages 703.
• Even the school's one-tenth share of resort construction expenses places considerable pressure on its finances 707.
• Shen Qi declines Sayaka's offer of investment, favoring projects that raise the school's capabilities gradually rather than expanding beyond what it can manage 695.

Alternate World Line

• Pokémon High School does not exist in the Mega Evolution World Line; Shen Qi's counterpart attended Kumquat High School instead 444.
• That world line's Principal Gui runs Twin School in the Seafoam Islands, an elementary and middle school that also shelters injured and abandoned Pokémon 510 512.
• Twin School has roughly three thousand students—about ten times Pokémon High School's population in the comparison 512.