Yilan Elementary School

Yilan Elementary School opened on April 1, 1918, as "Yilan Girls' Public School" (宜蘭女子公學校) — the city's first public school enrolling only female students. It went through several name changes under Japanese rule, becoming Taihoku Prefecture Yilan District Girls' Public School in 1920, Taihoku Prefecture Yilan City Girls' Public School in 1940, and Taihoku Prefecture Yilan City Xiangyang National School in 1941. The school gradually began admitting boys starting August 1, 1996, ending a 78-year run as an all-girls institution and becoming coeducational — reportedly the last all-girls elementary school in Taiwan to do so. Its compact 1.5-hectare campus also houses county family education and teacher training centers.

宜蘭國小創立於1918年4月1日，初名「宜蘭女子公學校」，是宜蘭市第一所僅招收女學生的公學校。日治時期歷經數次更名：1920年改為台北州宜蘭郡女子公學校，1940年改為台北州宜蘭市女子公學校，1941年改為台北州宜蘭市向陽國民學校。學校自1996年8月1日起逐步招收男生，結束長達78年僅收女生的歷史，轉為男女合校——據稱是全台最後一所轉型的全女生國小。校地僅1.5公頃，部分空間並供縣家庭教育中心及教師研習中心使用。