As the first elementary schools established in Japan under the school district system were 64 District Elementary Schools in Kyoto which were founded in 1869, prior to the establishment of the national school system (in 1872).
日本における最初の学区制小学校は、国の学校制度創設（1872年）に先立ち、1869年に創設された64校の京都の番組小学校である。