The largest public primary school in Tianhe District, the "Big Mac School" in the mouth of parents. Founded in September 1998, Longkou West Primary School is currently developing in the form of "one school and three districts", with three campuses being Suiyuan Campus (Grades 1 and 2), Longkou Campus (Grades 3 and 4), and Ruian Campus (Grades 5 and 6).

Due to the increase in the number of students in recent years, Longkou West Primary School has also expanded its enrollment year after year, with an average of two classes a year. As of 2018, Longkou West Primary School has begun to provide 28 classes of enrollment plan, which is such a large scale at the primary school level that it is impossible to find a second one not only in Tianhe District, but even in the entire city of Guangzhou.

The three campuses of Longkou West Primary School are not very far apart, the Suiyuan campus is close to the train railway, and the sound of the train is loud when it passes, and the environment of the Longkou campus and the Ruian campus is relatively secluded. The Ruian Campus is the latest to be built, so the facilities are newer than the previous two campuses, and the activity space is more spacious.

Longkou West Primary School is known for its "student-based education", and the current principal, Chen Wu, has been engaged in the theory and practice of student-based education for more than ten years, and is a well-known promoter of student-based education. In the classroom of Longkou West Primary School, the initiative of learning is returned to the students themselves, and the teacher only plays the role of inspiration, allocation and guidance, which is very helpful for cultivating students' ability to think and learn actively. However, because of the high requirements for students' initiative, some parents are dissatisfied, believing that the pressure on family counseling has increased.

Reading is an important part of Longkou West Primary School. In the teaching of reading, the teachers of Longkou West Primary School have integrated the concept of student-oriented education, abandoning fragmented analysis and understanding, but guiding students to read a large amount of reading and focus on the breadth and breadth of reading. In terms of reading environment, the school is committed to creating a diversified reading space, such as a library, a book bar, a reading corridor, a class reading corner and a book lending platform, so that students can read anytime and anywhere. Home-school linkage is also a major initiative of Longkou West Primary School to improve students' reading ability, encouraging parents to record students' reading feelings, and parents and children to carry out reading and exchange experiences.

Although it is only a municipal public primary school in the past, the degree of Longkou West Primary School is more sought-after than many provincial primary schools, which is mainly due to its advantages of the counterpart junior high school, Longkou West Primary School and Huayang Primary School, Huashi Primary School and other top primary schools in Guangzhou share the junior high school degree of Guangzhou Middle School (merged by 47 Middle School), which alone makes Longkou West Primary School rise again in the hearts of parents.