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Guangrong Elementary School

光榮國民小學

A century-old rural school reborn as a KIST public-private partnership school, with solar power and English village summer camps.

百年老校轉型為KIST公辦民營實驗學校,設有太陽能設施與英語村夏令營。

Founded1921 (Taisho era, Japanese colonial era)
Grades1–6 · Elementary
TypePublic School (KIST public-private partnership)
LocationYizhu Township, Chiayi County
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About · 學校簡介

A century-old school, reborn.

Guangrong Elementary was established on May 1, 1921, as a satellite classroom of Niutiaowan Public School, initially housed in the Dexing Temple with 70 students. It became an independent school in 1937, was renamed after Taiwan's 1945 retrocession, and took its current name in 1968 under the nine-year compulsory education reform. It marked its "centennial" around 2021–2022. Since September 2021, the school has operated as a KIST (public-private partnership) experimental school in collaboration with the Chen Zhi Education Foundation and the Linye Sheng Foundation, and now enrolls only about 55 elementary students across 6 classes, plus 18 kindergarteners, alongside a campus solar power installation and English self-assessment programs.

光榮國小創立於大正10年(1921年)5月1日,最初為牛挑灣公學校東後寮分離教室,暫借德興寺為校舍,初期學生70人。1937年獨立設校為「東後寮公學校」,1945年台灣光復後更名,並於民國57年(1968年)九年國教改制後定名為現名,約於2021至2022年慶祝建校百年。自2021年9月起,學校轉型為KIST公辦民營實驗學校,與誠致教育基金會及林業生基金會合作辦學,目前僅約55名國小學生、6個班級,加上18名幼兒園學童,校內並設有太陽能發電設施及英語自我評量計畫。

Highlights · 學校特色

What makes this school worth knowing.

🏫 A KIST Experimental School

KIST公辦民營實驗學校

Since 2021, Guangrong has operated as a public-private KIST partnership school, run in collaboration with the Chen Zhi and Linye Sheng education foundations.

☀️ Solar-Powered Campus

校園太陽能設施

A campus solar power installation reflects the school's push toward sustainability alongside its educational reinvention.

🏛️ From Temple Classroom to Centennial

從寺廟教室到百年校慶

Founded in 1921 as a temple-housed satellite classroom, the school marked its centennial around 2021–2022, just as it embarked on a new chapter as a KIST school.

🗣️ English Village Summer Camps

英語村夏令營

The school runs English self-assessment programs and English village summer camps, building language skills for its small student body.

Local Culture · 在地文化

Reinventing a small rural school.

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Born from a 1921 Japanese-era satellite classroom sheltered in a local temple, Guangrong Elementary has now been reborn as one of Taiwan's public-private KIST partnership schools — reflecting how Yizhu's small, shrinking rural population near the salt flats and fish ponds of the Bazhang River basin has pushed the county to experiment with new school models to keep tiny rural schools viable.

Visit · 資訊

Find the school.

No. 64, Dongguang Village, Yizhu Township, Chiayi County 62445, Taiwan
62445嘉義縣義竹鄉東光村64號

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Last updated: July 2026 · Content adapted and condensed from the school's official Chinese-language website by the Taiwan Bilingual Hub team, not yet reviewed by the school. If you're from Guangrong Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.