Baozhang Elementary School

Baozhang Elementary School began in 1963 as a branch campus of neighboring Zhang'an Elementary School, established on land donated by residents of the local community, and became fully independent in 1969. The school completed a new campus in 2014 and, in 2017, was recognized as reportedly Asia's first public elementary school to earn "Lighthouse School" status, reflecting its strong character-education program built around the "Seven Habits" framework. Its grassroots founding through private land donation illustrates a pattern common to many mid-century Taiwanese branch schools.

保長國小創立於民國52年（1963年），最初是鄰近長安國小的分校，校地由地方居民捐贈，民國58年（1969年）正式獨立設校。學校於民國103年（2014年）完成新校舍，並於民國106年（2017年）獲譽為亞洲首座公立「燈塔學校」，反映其以「七個習慣」為核心的品格教育特色。這種由私人捐地促成設校的過程，正是許多台灣中世紀分校常見的草根起源模式。