The St. Anne's Trivial School was founded at the St. Anne's Church in 1791. Until 1855, instruction was conducted in German.

In 1871, the main boys' school had 287 students. At the end of the 19th century, it had twice the number of permanent teachers, because the 6-grade school was combined with the 4-grade school. 679 students were enrolled in the school, another 672 were visiting students (free listeners). An additional industrial school also opened.

In 1853, a separate 3-grade St. Anne's girls' school opened. In 1871, it had 204 students, and the school was located in rented premises. At the end of the 19th century, the separate 6-grade St. Anne's girls' school consisted of 16 departments - in 4 higher grades 286 students studied, in the departments of 4 lower classes – 477 students, a total of 763 students. The school provided additional education for girls aged 12 to 15, who were also taught washing and ironing.

For many years, the school, which was maintained by the city, was located in various rented premises in the Horodotsk suburb. In 1884, the school received its own building on St. Anna Street (now Leontovych Street, 2-4), built according to the City Construction Office under the supervision of architect Juliusz Hochberger. The newly built Gothic-style school accepted 1,000 children from the Horodotsk suburb for education in 20 school rooms. The building cost the city PLN 114,000. In 1891, the Construction Directorate ordered wooden benches of the Lickroth system for schools, after consulting with the school inspector and the city physicist. The part of the building on the side of Horodetska Street housed a girls' school; the part on the side of St. Anna Street housed a boys' school.

Now the old school building contains the Law Gymnasium.

Iryna Kotlobulatova