A name built from four hamlets.
Meilin Elementary was founded in September 1959 as a branch campus of Xikou Elementary School, becoming independent in August 1964 when it merged the Meibei and Chailin branches into "Chiayi County Meilin National School." It took its current name in 1968 under the nine-year compulsory education reform (the Chailin branch later split off again in 1976 to become its own independent school). Today it is one of the smallest schools in the area, with about 54 students across 6 classes, guided by the motto "Polite, Focused, Know How to Live," and it partners with the KGI Charity Foundation on student support programs.
美林國小於民國48年（1959年）9月設立，前身為溪口國民學校美北分校，民國53年（1964年）8月合併美北與柴林兩分校後獨立設校，定名「嘉義縣美林國民學校」，並於民國57年（1968年）九年國教改制後定名為現名（柴林分校其後於1976年再度獨立設校）。目前學校規模很小，約54名學生、6個班級，校訓為「有禮貌 能專注 會生活」，並與凱基社福基金會合作推動學生支持計畫。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🗺️ A Name Woven from Four Hamlets
校名融合四聚落
The name "Meilin" derives from combining the catchment villages of Meibei, Meinan, Chailin, and Linjiao, encoding the school's patchwork community in its very name.
🤝 Partnership with KGI Foundation
凱基社福基金會合作
A community partnership with the KGI social welfare foundation supports student programs at this very small rural school of just 54 students.
💬 A Simple, Grounded Motto
有禮貌 能專注 會生活
The school's motto — "Polite, Focused, Know How to Live" — reflects its intimate, community-scaled approach to elementary education.
Named for the hamlets it serves.
A very small rural school with only about 54 students, Meilin Elementary's very name and boundary encode the patchwork of farming hamlets — Meibei, Meinan, Chailin, and Linjiao — that make up this corner of Xikou Township.
Find the school.
No. 78-3, Lunwei, Meibei Village, Xikou Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan
嘉義縣溪口鄉美北村崙尾78-3號
School's Official Website (Chinese) ↗
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 Meilin Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.