An elementary school named for the island itself.
Lanyu Elementary is one of the small public elementary schools serving the Tao (Yami) villages scattered around Orchid Island's coastline. Like its sister schools on the island, it serves an almost entirely Indigenous student body whose daily life is shaped by the rhythms of fishing, the seasonal flying-fish harvest, and a strong sense of community tied to a specific home village. Detailed institutional records for the school are limited, but it forms part of the same network of Tao village schools — alongside Langdao, Dongqing, and Yeyou Elementary — that together educate every child on the island before they move on to Lanyu High School.
蘭嶼國小是服務蘭嶼沿海達悟族（雅美族）部落的公立小學之一。與島上其他姊妹校相同，學生幾乎全為原住民，日常生活與漁撈作息、飛魚季節及部落歸屬感緊密相連。該校詳細的歷史紀錄目前資料有限，但它與朗島國小、東清國小、椰油國小同屬蘭嶼島上的達悟族部落學校網絡，共同教育全島孩童，直到他們升上蘭嶼高中。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏝️ Part of Orchid Island's School Network
蘭嶼部落學校網絡的一員
Lanyu Elementary is one of a small handful of village elementary schools on Orchid Island, together forming the educational foundation that feeds into Lanyu High School.
🌊 Island Life as the Everyday Classroom
島嶼生活即日常教室
As with the island's other village schools, students here grow up immersed in the ocean, the flying-fish season, and a close-knit Tao community that shapes learning far beyond the classroom walls.
🎣 A Nearly Entirely Tao Student Body
學生幾乎全為達悟族
Like its neighboring schools, Lanyu Elementary serves an almost entirely Tao (Yami) Indigenous population, making the school a genuine reflection of the island's community.
Orchid Island and the Tao people.
Lanyu Elementary serves families of the Tao (Yami) people, Taiwan's only Indigenous community traditionally settled on an offshore island, with a distinct Austronesian language and a culture built around the plank canoe and the seasonal flying-fish harvest — heritage quite different from Taiwan's fifteen other recognized Indigenous peoples.
Find the school.
Lanyu Township, Taitung County 952, Taiwan
952台東縣蘭嶼鄉
Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Lanyu Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.