Narva high school honours 47 medalists with city awards

This year, 47 young people graduated from Narva high schools with medals, 33 gold medalists and 14 silver medalists. At a reception held by the mayor in June, all medalists received commemorative medals from the city and monetary prizes. Narva High School awarded the most medals, with 30 graduates receiving honours.

In spring 2026, Narva honoured 47 high school graduates who achieved medal results, 33 young people received gold medals and 14 received silver medals. Following tradition, the mayor held a reception for medalists on 10 June at Narva Town Hall, where the city presented specially designed commemorative medals and monetary prizes.

Prizes and medals

Gold medalists received 320 euros from the city and silver medalists received 200 euros. In addition, all award recipients received medals specially commissioned by Narva City Government. Narva's cultural department explains that the medal depicts an aurochs and a crown, which are taken from Narva's historical coat of arms, believed to date from Danish rule between 1265-1343 and which was once used as the city's seal. Aurochs hunting was one of the most important sources of livelihood for the townspeople of Narva at that time.

Results by school

After the reorganization of secondary education, Narva High School is the school with the largest number of medalists, with over 700 students. Of the 30 medalists from there, as many as 22 received gold medals. Narva Language Lyceum produced five gold medalists and three silver medalists. At Narva Estonian High School, four young people achieved gold medals and one received a silver medal. Narva Adult School graduated two gold medalists and one silver medalist, and Narva Orthodox High School had one graduate receive a silver medal.

Comparison with previous years

The total number of medalists remained the same as in the previous academic year 2024/2025, but the distribution of results changed: last year there were 21 gold medalists and 26 silver medalists, while this year there were 33 gold and 14 silver. Two years ago, the number of medalists reached 56, and in earlier years up to 59 graduates have achieved medal results at once.