When Taiwan was recovered from Japanese occupation in 1945, the village had only three elementary schools and a senior high school to serve a population of 25,000.
民國三十四年，台灣光復，板橋改制為鎮。此時板橋仍不過是個人口二萬五千的農村聚落，全鎮僅有三所國民學校和一所高中，總共才三千多名學生。