祥云一中创建于1934年8月,老校区坐落在祥云县城西街,是祥云县第一所县立初级中学。1936年4月,红军长征过祥云,曾为学校题了“为国育才”四个大字作勉励。1958年9月,学校升格为完全中学,1959年,因办学成绩突出,被确定为大理州三所重点中学之一。2000年被云南省教育厅命名为“云南省文明学校”;2001年和2005年先后被云南省教育厅表彰为“云南省德育工作先进 Xiangyun a was founded in August 1934, the old campus is located in Xiangyun County West Street, Xiangyun Xian is the first county junior high school. In April 1936, the Red Army marched through the auspicious clouds, and once encouraged the schools to issue the four characters ”Yu Yucai“. In September 1958, the school was upgraded to complete secondary school. In 1959, due to its outstanding performance in schools, it was identified as one of the three key middle schools in Dali Prefecture. In 2000 by the Yunnan Provincial Department of education named as ”Yunnan civilized school“; 2001 and 2005 has been recognized by the Yunnan Provincial Department of education as ”advanced moral education in Yunnan Province