A small school with a butterfly-and-orchard curriculum.
Meizhen Elementary's exact founding date is not stated on its official site, but based on its 65th-anniversary celebration in 2023 and 67th graduating class in 2025, the school dates to approximately 1958. It remains a small rural school with one class per grade, from "Class 1-A" through "Class 6-A." In 2024, Meizhen was designated one of Chiayi County's "distinctive curriculum pilot schools" (特色課程試辦學校), and it also fields a school football team.
梅圳國小官方網站並未明確列出創校確切日期，但依據2023年65週年校慶及2025年第67屆畢業生推算，創校約在民國47年（1958年）左右。學校規模小，一至六年級各僅一班（「一甲班」至「六甲班」）。2024年，梅圳獲評選為嘉義縣「特色課程試辦學校」之一，並設有足球隊。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🦋 A Butterfly, Herb & Wax Apple Curriculum
蝶舞香草蓮霧情
The school's signature curriculum theme, "butterflies, herbs, and wax apples" (蝶舞香草蓮霧情), directly reflects the wax-apple orchards and butterfly-rich ecology surrounding the campus.
🎶 A Beiguan Opera Performance Group
北管音樂團
Meizhen maintains a Taiwanese Beiguan opera (北管) performance group alongside native-language instruction, preserving a traditional performing art.
⚽ A County Pilot School with a Football Team
縣特色課程試辦學校
Designated a Chiayi County "distinctive curriculum pilot school" in 2024, Meizhen also fields a school football team, broadening its extracurricular offerings.
Wax apples and butterflies in the lower foothills.
Located in Zhennan Village, the school's "butterfly, herb, and wax apple" curriculum theme is a direct reflection of the fruit orchards — particularly wax apple (蓮霧) cultivation — and butterfly-rich ecology of Meishan's lower foothills. See the Chiayi County page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 23, Sanyuan, Zhennan Village, Meishan Township, Chiayi County 60345, Taiwan
60345 嘉義縣梅山鄉圳南村三源23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 Meizhen Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.