Xinshe Elementary School

Xinshe Elementary holds a unique place in Taiwan's education system: it is the country's only elementary school serving the Kavalan people, one of Taiwan's officially recognized Indigenous peoples. In October 2024, the school completed a transformation into an Indigenous experimental school, adopting the Kavalan name "pateRungan," meaning "a place where boats moor and dock." Its student body reflects the mixed Indigenous character of the surrounding village, drawing Amis, Bunun, Sakizaya, and Kavalan students alike. The school has also installed solar power generation equipment as part of its campus development.

新社國小在台灣教育體系中佔有獨特地位：它是全台灣唯一以噶瑪蘭族為主體的國小，噶瑪蘭族為台灣官方認定的原住民族之一。民國113年（2024年）10月，學校完成轉型為原住民族實驗小學，並採用噶瑪蘭族語校名「pateRungan」，意為「船隻靠岸停泊之地」。學生組成反映了周邊村落多元族群的樣貌，涵蓋阿美族、布農族、撒奇萊雅族與噶瑪蘭族學生。學校也已裝設太陽能發電設備，作為校園建設的一環。