From a branch classroom to its own school.
Gongming Elementary began in 1960 as a branch campus of nearby Gongguan Elementary School, established to serve children in the Gongming area of Shalu District. It became a fully independent school in 1968, part of a broader mid-century pattern in which Shalu's rural school districts were subdivided to keep pace with population growth.
公明國小於民國49年（1960年）以公館國小分校的形式成立，服務沙鹿區公明地區的學童，並於民國57年（1968年）正式獨立設校。這段歷程反映了沙鹿地區在戰後農村人口成長下，學區逐步分割設立新校的普遍模式。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🌾 From Branch to Independent School
從分校到獨立設校
Gongming Elementary started life in 1960 as a branch of Gongguan Elementary before becoming fully independent eight years later, in 1968.
🏘️ A Product of Rural Growth
農村人口成長下的分校設立
Its founding reflects Shalu's mid-century pattern of subdividing school districts as rural population grew, a story shared with several neighboring elementary schools.
📍 Rooted in the Gongming Neighborhood
扎根公明社區
The school takes its name from and continues to serve the Gongming area of Shalu District where it was first established.
A pattern of growth across Shalu.
Like several of its neighbors, Gongming Elementary's split from an older parent school traces Shalu's mid-20th-century growth — as rural hamlets filled with families, one classroom became a branch, and one branch eventually became a school of its own. See the Taichung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 213, Zhongzhen Rd., Gongming Vil., Shalu District, Taichung City, Taiwan
臺中市沙鹿區公明里忠貞路213號
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