A school that began by borrowing someone else's classrooms.
Sanmin Elementary opened in 1956 as Hsinchu County Sanmin National School, and in its earliest days it had no classrooms of its own — lessons were held in rooms borrowed from neighboring Dongmen Elementary School until a permanent campus was ready. When Hsinchu became a provincial city in 1982, the school took on its present name, Hsinchu Municipal Sanmin Elementary School. That same founding year, 1956, the school also formed a baseball team that trained competitively into the early 1960s, giving Sanmin one of the East District's earliest school sports traditions. The school marked its 50th anniversary in 2006 and continues to serve families in the heart of East District.
三民國小創校於民國45年(1956年),最初並無獨立校舍,借用鄰近東門國小的教室上課,直到自有校地完成。民國71年(1982年)新竹升格為省轄市後,學校改為現名「新竹市三民國民小學」。同樣在創校那一年,學校便組成棒球隊,並持續競賽訓練至1960年代初期,是東區歷史最早的學校體育傳統之一。學校於民國95年(2006年)舉辦建校五十週年慶祝活動,至今持續服務東區核心地帶的學童與家庭。
What makes this school worth knowing.
⚾ A Baseball Team as Old as the School
與建校同齡的棒球隊
Sanmin's baseball team was founded the same year as the school itself, in 1956, and trained competitively into the early 1960s — one of the East District's earliest organized school sports programs.
🏫 Built on Borrowed Classrooms
借教室起家的學校
In its first years, Sanmin had no campus of its own — students studied in classrooms borrowed from neighboring Dongmen Elementary School until a permanent site was built.
🎉 Half a Century of History
半世紀校史
The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2006, and took its current name in 1982 when Hsinchu City became a provincial city.
A long-settled East District neighborhood.
Sanmin Elementary sits in one of East District's older residential neighborhoods, close to Dongmen Elementary — the school it once borrowed classrooms from in its founding years. See the Hsinchu City county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 66, Ziyou Rd., East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
新竹市東區自由路66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 Sanmin Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.