To take Jimei High School as an example, in the mid-1950s it once reached over 3900 pupils, taught in 76 classes. More than 4O % of the pupils were overseas Chinese, and there were also many relatives of overseas Chinese. Only one third were local pupils.
以集美中學來說，在一九五○年代中期，一度高達七十六個班級，三千九百多位學生，其中僑生佔四十％以上，僑屬生（國內僑眷子弟）也不少，另三分之一才是本地生。