History
YLHS was established in 1942 as Yilan Middle School (宜蘭中學校). In 1970, it changed its name to Taiwan Provincial Yilan Senior High School(省立宜蘭高級中學) and eliminated its junior high school department. In 2000, YLSH renamed to its current name.
The school had been a boys school until 2000, when it admitted girls to apply to its Artist and Physical Experimental Departments. The enrollment now is 1709 students in 15 classes.
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