Zhulin Elementary School

Zhulin Elementary's roots stretch back to before 1923, when it began as "麥巴來教育所," an educational institute established under Japanese colonial rule. It became "Zhulin National School" (竹林國民學校) in May 1947 and took its present name in 1968. In 1956, the school was rebuilt using structures salvaged from a Japanese-era Mandarin-language training center. Today, Zhulin operates as the Zhulin Branch Campus of nearby Huayuan Elementary School, a change made in August 1987 — it is no longer a fully independent school, though it remains a distinct and storied campus in its own right, with only about 10 students as of 2023, making it one of Taiwan's smallest and most remote mountain schools.

竹林國小的歷史可追溯至民國12年（1923年）以前，當時名為「麥巴來教育所」，設立於日治時期。民國36年（1947年）5月更名為「竹林國民學校」，民國57年（1968年）更為現名。民國45年（1956年），學校利用日治時期國語講習所拆遷下來的建材重建校舍。如今，竹林國小已於民國76年（1987年）8月起改制為鄰近花園國小的「竹林分校」，不再是完全獨立的學校，但仍是一所歷史悠久、獨具特色的校園——截至2023年僅約10名學生，是台灣規模最小、最偏遠的山區學校之一。