Built as the historic counterpart across town.
Taichung Second Senior High School was established in 1922 as "Taichung Prefecture Taichung Second Middle School" (臺中州立臺中第二中學校), created under Japanese colonial rule specifically to educate the children of Japanese settlers in the Taichung area — a segregated counterpart to the nearby school founded seven years earlier by Taiwanese gentry to serve Taiwanese students. After Taiwan's retrocession in 1945, the school was reorganized, and in the postwar decades it merged with a parallel girls' school, evolving into today's coeducational public senior high in the heart of North District.
臺中二中創立於1922年（大正11年），原名「臺中州立臺中第二中學校」，是日治時期專為教育在台日籍子弟而設立的中學，與七年前由台灣仕紳創立、招收台灣學生的臺中一中形成鮮明對照。台灣戰後，學校歷經改制，並與同時期的女子中學合併，逐步發展為今日北區的公立男女合校高中。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏫 Built for Japanese Settlers' Children
原為日籍子弟而設
Founded in 1922 as "臺中州立臺中第二中學校," the school was created under colonial rule specifically to educate the children of Japanese settlers in the Taichung region.
⚖️ The Historic Mirror of Taichung First
台中一中的歷史對照
Its founding stands as the ethnic counterpart to neighboring Taichung First Senior High, illustrating the segregated schooling policy of Japanese-era Taichung.
🤝 A Postwar Merger
戰後與女中合併
After Taiwan's retrocession, the school merged with a parallel girls' school, becoming the coeducational institution it is today.
🕰️ Over a Century in North District
北區逾百年校史
Now more than 100 years old, the school remains a fixture of North District's dense historic urban core.
A mirror of colonial-era Taichung.
Taichung Second's origins as a school built exclusively for Japanese settlers' children — in deliberate contrast to the Taiwanese-founded school nearby — offers a vivid window into the ethnically segregated education policy of Japanese-era Taichung, a history that still shapes North District's identity as the city's original administrative and educational core. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 109, Yingshi Rd., Bei Dist., Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市北區英士路109號
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