A small school with a close-knit rural community.
Nan-ai Elementary began life in 1971 as a branch school before becoming fully independent in 1977. It was renamed Hsinchu City Nan-ai Elementary School following the city's 1982 upgrade to provincial-city status. Today it remains one of the smallest schools in Xiangshan District, with about six classes and roughly 122 students taught by 15 teachers and supported by 3 staff members — small enough that every student is known by name. Its attached kindergarten offers mixed-age classes with its own kitchen and after-school care.
南隘國小於民國60年（1971年）以分班型式設立，民國66年（1977年）正式獨立設校。新竹市於民國71年（1982年）升格為省轄市後，更名為新竹市南隘國民小學。學校規模不大，目前約有6班、122名學生，由15位教師與3位職員共同守護每一位孩子的成長。附設幼兒園採混齡教學，設有獨立廚房並提供課後照顧。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🧑🤝🧑 A Truly Small School
小校小班制
With only about 122 students across six classes, Nan-ai offers the kind of individual attention and close teacher-student relationships that larger urban schools can't easily match.
🌾 A Rural, Agricultural Setting
寧靜農村環境
The school sits in a quiet rural part of Xiangshan District, surrounded by a natural, agricultural landscape that shapes daily life for its students and families.
🧒 Mixed-Age Kindergarten Care
附幼混齡教學
Its attached kindergarten runs mixed-age classes with an independent kitchen and after-school care, extending the school's small, family-like atmosphere to its youngest learners.
Xiangshan, Hsinchu's coastal Minnan heartland.
Xiangshan District is Hsinchu City's coastal district, long shaped by Minnan fishing and oyster-farming traditions along its shoreline and tidal wetlands further out toward the coast. Its historic "mother school," Xiangshan Elementary, was founded in 1908 through the philanthropy of a local gentry family and gave rise to several of the district's neighborhood schools. See the Hsinchu City county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 31, Sec. 2, Nan-ai Rd., Xiangshan Dist., Hsinchu City 300, Taiwan
新竹市香山區南隘路二段31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 Nan-ai Elementary and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.