120 years serving a tea-and-river town.
Pinglin Elementary opened in 1906, during the Japanese colonial era, and in May 2026 marked its 120th anniversary — a milestone the school tied explicitly to Pinglin's identity as a century-old tea-and-river town. Over the decades its catchment grew to span the entire mountainous township, after absorbing two remote satellite campuses: Kuoshi Elementary in 1985 and Yuguang Elementary in 2006. Today the school also runs the "Kuoshi English Magic Academy," an English-immersion program that carries the name of one of its absorbed branch schools forward.
坪林國小創立於1906年（明治39年），日治時期設校，已於2026年5月歡慶建校120週年——這項里程碑也緊扣著坪林做為百年茶鄉與河流小鎮的身分。學校學區歷經數十年逐步擴展至涵蓋整個山區坪林轄區，先後併入兩所偏遠分校：1985年的Kuoshi分校，以及2006年的Yuguang分校。學校目前另設有「Kuoshi English Magic Academy」英語沉浸式課程，沿用其中一所併校分校的名稱。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🎉 120 Years and Counting
建校120週年
In May 2026, Pinglin Elementary marked its 120th anniversary, having opened in 1906 during the Japanese colonial era — a rare century-plus of continuous local schooling.
🏔️ One School, a Whole Township
學區涵蓋全坪林
By absorbing two remote mountain satellite campuses — Kuoshi Elementary in 1985 and Yuguang Elementary in 2006 — Pinglin Elementary's catchment now stretches across the entire township.
🗣️ An English Immersion Program
英語沉浸式課程
The school runs the "Kuoshi English Magic Academy," an English-immersion program that carries forward the name of one of its absorbed branch schools.
🍵 A Slogan Rooted in Tea and River
茶鄉河流意象的校慶標語
The school's 120th-anniversary slogan explicitly ties its century-plus history to Pinglin's identity as a tea-and-river town — the historic heart of Taiwan's Pouchong tea trade.
Inseparable from Pinglin's tea-and-river story.
Pinglin is the historic heart of Taiwan's Pouchong tea (包種茶) trade, its river-valley hillsides given over to tea gardens for generations, with the Beishi River (北勢溪) threading through the township on its way to the Feitsui Reservoir. Pinglin Elementary's 120th-anniversary branding leaned directly into this identity, presenting the school as inseparable from the township's tea-and-river story. See the New Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 114, Pinglin St., Pinglin District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
新北市坪林區坪林街114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 Pinglin Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.