Nanzhou Elementary School

Nanzhou Elementary was founded in 1921, during the Japanese colonial era, as "Xizhou Ordinary Elementary School" to educate the children of Japanese employees at the local sugar refinery. After the war it was run by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation as a company school from 1955, before passing to county government control in 1968. The school celebrated its centennial around 2021 and has since undergone a major NT$88.36 million reconstruction, rebuilding 23 classrooms. Its original catchment once covered eight villages before splitting off to form Tong'an and Xibei Elementary Schools in 1958 and 1962.

南州國小創立於大正10年（1921年）日治時期，初名「溪州尋常小學校」，原為服務溪州糖廠日籍員工子女而設。戰後自民國44年（1955年）起由台灣糖業公司經營為員工子弟學校，民國57年（1968年）移交縣政府接管。學校於民國110年（2021年）前後歡慶建校百週年，並斥資新台幣8,836萬元進行校舍重建，共重建23間教室。原學區曾涵蓋8個村里，後於民國47年（1958年）與51年（1962年）分別分出同安、溪北兩所國小。