A rare "small school" with a long lineage.
Guangfu Elementary opened on September 1, 1899, as "Yilan Small School" (宜蘭小學校) — one of only seven "small schools" (小學校) established islandwide in the early Japanese colonial period specifically for the children of Japanese settlers, and the only one in what was then Yilan Prefecture. It was renamed Yilan County Guangfu National School in October 1950 and took its current name in September 1968. Over the decades, several of its satellite branch schools grew into fully independent schools of their own, including institutions now found in Suao, Luodong, Sanxing, and Toucheng. By the 2020–21 school year, the school had graduated 108 cohorts totaling more than 20,000 students across both the Japanese colonial and postwar eras.
光復國小創立於1899年9月1日,日治時期名為「宜蘭小學校」,是當時全台僅設立的七所「小學校」之一(專供日籍學童就讀),也是宜蘭廳唯一的一所。1950年10月更名為「宜蘭縣光復國民學校」,1968年9月定名為現名。歷年來多個分校陸續獨立設校,包括今日蘇澳、羅東、三星、頭城等地的學校。截至2020至2021學年度,全校已培育108屆畢業生,橫跨日治與戰後兩個時代,總數超過兩萬人。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 One of Only Seven "Small Schools"
全台七所小學校之一
Guangfu was one of just seven "small schools" built islandwide during the early Japanese colonial era, and the sole one in Yilan Prefecture at the time.
🌱 The Root of Several Modern Schools
分校獨立設校
Multiple satellite branches of Guangfu later became fully independent schools now serving Suao, Luodong, Sanxing, and Toucheng.
🎓 Over 20,000 Graduates
逾兩萬名畢業生
Across 108 graduating cohorts spanning the Japanese colonial and postwar eras, the school has educated more than 20,000 students.
A rare colonial-era school lineage.
As Yilan Prefecture's only Japanese-era "small school," Guangfu's history is intertwined with the region's colonial past and its later branch schools that spread across Yilan County. See the Yilan County schools page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 60, Taishan Rd., Yilan City, Yilan County, Taiwan
宜蘭縣宜蘭市泰山路60號
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