Right behind the Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea is Chongfu Primary School. It was started in 1915 by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, to provide education to Chinese girls. Known as Chong Hock Girls’ School then, the school along Telok Ayer Street conducted lessons in Hokkien till 1930, when Mandarin was adopted. As the number of students increased, the school expanded to Stanley Street in the same year.
In 1949, the school took in its first batch of male students. It became a government-aided school in 1957. As Singapore began to urbanise and resettle people, the number of students decreased. In 1981, the school adopted the Romanised name of Chong Hock and was renamed Chongfu Primary School. It moved to Yishun New Town in 1985. With the relocation, the school also began taking in pupils of all races and revamped its curriculum.