Datong Elementary School

Datong Elementary School was established on April 1, 1917, as “Chiayi Girls Public School” (嘉義女子公學校), originally an all-girls institution. It was renamed “Shirakawa Public School” (白川公學校) in 1933 and “Shirakawa National School” (白川國民學校) in 1941. The school began accepting male students in 1930, becoming coeducational, and took its current name, “Datong,” in 1946. As one of Chiayi's oldest schools, its transformation from a girls' school to a coeducational institution mirrors the city's broader social changes across a century.

大同國小創立於大正6年（1917年）4月1日，初名「嘉義女子公學校」，原為純女子學校。昭和8年（1933年）更名「白川公學校」，16年（1941年）改稱「白川國民學校」。學校自1930年起開始招收男學生，成為男女合校，並於民國35年（1946年）定名「大同」。作為嘉義最古老的學校之一，其由女校轉為男女合校的歷程，映照出這座城市橫跨一世紀的社會變遷。