Among the seven central urban districts in Shanghai, Changning District is known for its "happy education" in education. Among the many public primary schools that pursue "happy education", Yuyuan Road No. 1 Primary School is particularly prominent.
Yuyuan Road No. 1 Primary School (referred to as Yuyi Primary School) has a long history, and its predecessor was the private Zhaofeng Primary School, which was founded in 1934. In 1950, the school was taken over by the government and changed to its current name. After several relocations, the school is now located at No. 222 Xuanhua Road, which is divided into the main school (3~5 grades) and the branch (1~2 grades), and the branch is located at No. 86, Lane 1210, Yuyuan Road. Yuyi Primary School covers a total area of 10,658 square meters, with a construction area of 9,865 square meters and a sports field area of 2,177 square meters; There are 13 special classrooms, 2 laboratories and 2 reading rooms in the school, with an average collection of 32 books per student. As of 2017, the school has a total of 96 full-time teachers, including 7 subject leaders.
In 2014, among the 431 students who entered Huayu Middle School in the city, a total of 7~8 were from Yuyi Primary School, ranking among the top eight public primary schools in the city.
Chinese is the strength and characteristic subject of Yuyi Primary School, and the difficulty of the examination is usually high. First-year students who don't have a lot of literacy have a hard time keeping up with their teachers in class. At the same time, students' reading must also be improved, and students' reading is often measured in ordinary exams. In addition, Yuyi Primary School also has a thinking training class and an English class for foreign teachers every week, although its class time and teaching quality are somewhat different from those of private primary schools, but this is not available in most public primary schools.
In terms of homework, in the first and second grades, the amount of homework in the school is not much, and students mainly participate in extracurricular activities, including basketball teams, dance teams, and Chinese orchestras, which are guided by full-time teachers. In the third grade, the amount of homework begins to increase, and there are pascal interest classes, taught by junior high school teachers, and students can participate in the Information Olympiad. Most of the parents of Yuyi Primary School are very chicken-blooded, and many students participate in extracurricular tutoring classes, and students mainly enter private junior high schools outside the district.
The corresponding area of Yuyi Primary School (2017) includes 41-299 (single number) and 52-268 (double number) of Xuanhua Road, 993-1423 (single number) and 986-1396 (double number) of Yuyuan Road, 325-383 (single number) and 260-380 (double number) 500 lanes of Anxi Road, and 1310-1564 (double number) of Dingxi Road. The school district houses include Nantian Building, Yuyuan Mansion, Zhongxin Garden, Fu'an Building, Hongkaiwan Green Garden, Hisense Garden, Fudu Garden and Hongye Garden, etc., with prices ranging from 74,000 to 183,000 yuan per square meter. Among them, the unit price of more than 180,000 yuan Hongye Garden, most of which are old houses with a history of 100 years, is a typical garden house, and is one of the settlements of overseas Chinese, literary and artistic figures and businessmen and dignitaries before the liberation. The above price information is as of June 2018.
