Arco, the private elementary school founded by music professor Sun Te-chen of National Hsinchu University of Education, merged with Hsinchu County's Da-Pin Elementary in 2003 to become Taiwan's third privately run public primary school.
由新竹師範學院音樂系教授孫德珍成立的私立雅歌實驗小學，也在 2003 年與公立的新竹縣大坪國小合併，成為台灣第三所公辦民營國小。