A school built by its own community.
Yuying Elementary School was founded in August 1955 as the "Linzi Branch" of Tamsui Elementary School, established through grassroots fundraising led by the village chiefs and local gentry of Peidao and Kanding villages. Its community-driven origin reflects how rural Tamsui neighborhoods in the mid-20th century organized themselves to bring schooling closer to home rather than relying on distant town schools.
育英國小創立於民國44年（1955年）8月，初名「淡水國校林子分校」，由埤島與崁頂等村里長及地方仕紳集資籌設。其草根性質的創校過程，反映了20世紀中葉淡水鄉村社區如何自發集資，讓孩童就近入學，而非長途通勤至市區學校。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🤝 Founded by Village Leaders
里長仕紳集資創校
Yuying's founding was driven by fundraising among the village chiefs and gentry of Peidao and Kanding, a grassroots effort rather than a top-down government project.
🌾 Serving Rural Farming Communities
服務農村社區
The school continues to serve the small farming communities of Peidao and Kanding villages, on the rural fringe of Tamsui District.
🏫 Once a Branch, Now Independent
源自林子分校
Yuying began life as the "Linzi Branch" of Tamsui Elementary School before becoming an independent institution.
A community that built its own school.
Like several other small Tamsui schools, Yuying's founding by local village leaders reflects a mid-20th-century pattern of rural communities self-organizing to establish neighborhood schools rather than waiting on distant municipal planning. See the New Taipei county page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 14, Pidao Village, Tamsui District, New Taipei City 251, Taiwan
新北市淡水區埤島里14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 Yuying Elementary School and would like to correct or expand this page, please contact us.