Although Xia Hai is the provincial capital city of Haidong, its population accounts for only about one-sixth of the entire province.
In recent years, Xia Hai's chances of producing the provincial champion (Zhuang Yuan) have been around fifty percent, which is pretty awesome.
Moreover, the champion that Shi Yi talked about was always assumed to be at the city level.
Sea High School, Affiliated High School, and other strong schools within the province also have a chance to win.
Let me put it this way.
For the provincial champion, the combined probability for No.1 High School and No.4 High School is fifty percent.
For Sea High School and Affiliated High School combined, the probability is forty percent.
These four schools occupy ninety percent of the probability.
The remaining ten percent is the probability for the other 627 high schools, including No.11 High School, to win the champion title.