A hundred years in Yanchao's hills.
Hengshan Elementary traces its roots to 1922, when it opened during the Japanese colonial era as a branch school known as Yuanchaokeng Public School's Mianqianpu Teaching Site. It became an independent school in 1939 under the name Hengshan Public School. Having celebrated its centennial, the school today serves a small student body of around 113 children and 15 teachers in Yanchao District's Hengshan Village.
橫山國小創立於1922年（日治時期），初為「援巢公學校面前埔分教場」，於1939年獨立設校，改稱「橫山公學校」。學校已慶祝建校百週年，目前約有113名學生、15位教師，持續服務燕巢區橫山里的學童。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎉 A Centennial Milestone
建校百週年
Hengshan Elementary marked 100 years of continuous operation, tracing its lineage back to a 1922 branch school of the Japanese colonial era.
🏘️ A Small, Close-Knit Campus
小校精緻教學
With around 113 students and 15 teachers, Hengshan offers the kind of close, community-scale education typical of Yanchao's rural villages.
🎓 Watching Higher Education Arrive Nearby
見證高教發展
Nearby satellite facilities for National Kaohsiung Normal University and National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology reflect Yanchao's gradual transformation from a farming village into an area with a growing higher-education presence.
From badlands village to education hub.
Yanchao District has become a cluster point for higher education, with satellite facilities for National Kaohsiung Normal University and National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology nearby — a striking transformation for an area once defined purely by its rural badlands terrain. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
Hengshan Rd., Hengshan Village, Yanchao District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市燕巢區橫山里橫山路
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