Over a century serving a Bunun community.
Taoyuan Elementary School traces its origins to 1908, when it was established under Japanese colonial rule as an educational institute for Indigenous children. It was renamed multiple times over the following decades, merged into a combined 'Taoyuan National Elementary and Junior High School' institution between 1999 and 2000, and split back into an independent elementary school in 2005. Today it has 61 students across 7 classes, and 97% of its students are Indigenous, mainly Bunun.
桃源國小的歷史可追溯至1908年，日治時期設立作為原住民兒童教育機構。其後歷經多次更名，1999至2000年間併入「桃源國民中小學」，2005年再度獨立為小學。目前全校61名學生、7個班級，97%學生為原住民，以布農族為主。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏛️ Over a Century of History
逾百年校史
Taoyuan Elementary's roots go back to 1908, when it was established under Japanese colonial rule as an educational institute for Indigenous children — one of the oldest schools in this mountain district.
🔀 Merged, Then Split, Then Independent Again
合併又獨立的校史
The school merged into a combined elementary-and-junior-high institution around 1999–2000, then split back into an independent elementary school in 2005.
🌏 97% Indigenous Students
97%學生為原住民
Today, 97% of Taoyuan Elementary's 61 students are Indigenous, mainly Bunun, reflecting the district's overwhelmingly Bunun-majority population.
Bunun families along the Laonong River.
Per the community's own oral tradition, Bunun families relocated to this area from Nantou and Taitung roughly 180 years ago, with the Hla'alua (拉阿魯哇) people regarded by the community as even earlier inhabitants of the region. These accounts are presented as the community's own framing, not as independently verified history. See the Kaohsiung county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 50, Beijin Ln., Taoyuan Village, Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
高雄市桃源區桃源里北進巷50號
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