Schools in Dapitan Central, SDO Dapitan City

By Mark Anthony Llego · Published 1 November 2026 · Updated 3 November 2026

SY 2024-25 data from DepEd as of 25 October 2025

Summary

Dapitan Central, a district of Dapitan City, has the most learners of the five districts in Dapitan City, and the most learners per teacher in public schools. In SY 2024-25 its 15 schools held 8,890 learners, and the district had 283 public teachers. Enrollment in its schools fell 2.6% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted: public schools fell 3.0%, private schools grew 0.7% and SUC and LUC schools fell 3.5%.

Of the 10 reporting public schools, two (20%) have no internet, against 36% in Region IX, while all of them have electricity and water. The 15 schools are listed on the page with their learners, teachers and classrooms.

Schools: 15; No change from SY 2023-24; 10 public, 4 private, 1 SUC or LUC
Learners: 8,890; Down 236 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 283; Up 8 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 183; Down 1 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

For SY 2024-25 and all schools, whatever is chosen above.

Dapitan Central has the most learners of the 5 districts in Dapitan City, and the most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 2.6% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 3.0%, private schools grew 0.7% and SUC and LUC schools fell 3.5%.
Of the learners in schools, 85% are in public schools (85% nationally), 12% in private schools (14% nationally) and 3% in SUC and LUC schools (1% nationally).
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Dapitan City National High School (3,575 learners), Rizal Memorial Institute of Dapitan City, Inc (879 learners) and Talisay Integrated School (759 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Talisay Integrated School (+3%) and fell most at Mindanao Auto and Technical Skills Training Center, Inc. (−24%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Ma. Cristina Elementary School, with 60 learners per classroom.
Of the 10 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; 2 (20%) have no internet, against 36% in Region IX.
The 10 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱15.4 million. Across the 10 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,718 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 8,890 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	8,890
Male	4,542
Female	4,328
Not broken down by sex	20

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 20 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	SUCs and LUCs	Total
Elementary	3,614	309	0	3,923
Junior High School	2,580	360	164	3,104
Senior High School	1,364	392	87	1,843

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 20 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	228	257	485
Grade 1	289	235	524
Grade 2	310	243	553
Grade 3	292	272	564
Grade 4	279	255	534
Grade 5	283	277	560
Grade 6	336	321	657
Grade 7	429	424	853
Grade 8	351	338	689
Grade 9	380	366	746
Grade 10	403	413	816
Grade 11	506	478	984
Grade 12	418	441	859
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	38	8	46
Broken down by grade	4,542	4,328	8,870

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	1,129
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	599
Arts and Design	41
Sports	74
All tracks	1,843

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	1	0	1
Elementary	5	3	8
Junior High School	9	10	19
Senior High School	2	6	8
All	17	19	36

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 15 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	10
Private schools	4
SUCs and LUCs	1
All	15

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	10
Elementary and junior high (K to 10)	1
Kindergarten to Grade 12	1
Junior and senior high	2
Senior high only	1

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	10
Non-sectarian	3
Sectarian	1
State universities and colleges	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 283 teachers and 33 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	283
Non-teaching personnel	33
All personnel	316

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	147
Junior High School	94
Senior High School	42
All teachers	283

Learners per teacher by level, public schools, SY 2024-25

Learners per teacher by level, public schools, SY 2024-25
Level	Learners per teacher
Elementary	24.6
Junior High School	27.5
Senior High School	32.5

School resources

SY 2024-25: 183 classrooms and 224 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 183
Seats (approximate): 4,777
Toilets: 224
Functional computers: 430
Faucets: 355; 297 with water

Classrooms, seats, toilets and computers by level, public schools, SY 2024-25: shares of each by level

Classrooms, seats, toilets and computers by level, public schools, SY 2024-25, with learners per resource
Measure	Elementary	Junior High School	Senior High School
Classrooms	85	66	32
Learners per classroom	42.5	39.1	42.6
Seats (approximate)	2,484	1,663	630
Learners per seat	1.5	1.6	2.2
Toilets	92	87	45
Learners per toilet	39.3	29.7	30.3
Functional computers	161	201	68
Learners per computer	22.5	12.8	20.1

Public schools with a water supply, by level, SY 2024-25

Public schools with a water supply, by level, SY 2024-25: number of schools
Level	With water supply	Without
Elementary	9	0
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	0	1

Public schools by electricity supply and level, SY 2024-25

Public schools by electricity supply and level, SY 2024-25: number of schools
Level	Grid supply
Elementary	9
Junior High School	2
Senior High School	1

Public schools with internet access, by level, SY 2024-25

Public schools with internet access, by level, SY 2024-25: number of schools
Level	With internet access	Without
Elementary	7	2
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	1	0

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	84
Male	62
Shared	60
For persons with disabilities	18
All toilets	224

Faucets in public schools, with and without water, SY 2024-25

Faucets in public schools, with and without water, SY 2024-25
Faucets	Number
With water	297
Without water	58
All faucets	355

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	9
Playground	9
School Garden	9
Clinic	6
Exit Gate	6
Offices	6
Temporary Perimeter Fence	5
Covered Court	4
Permanent Perimeter Fence	4
Home Economic Room	3
Computer Room	2
Conference Room	2
Faculty Room	2
Flood Marker	2
Library/Learning Resource Center	2
Canteen	1
Data File Room/Records Room	1
Industrial Arts Room	1
Science Laboratory	1
Supply Room	1

List of schools

Every school in Dapitan Central, SDO Dapitan City in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Dapitan Central, SDO Dapitan City: 15 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Capucao Elementary School	Public	26	3	0
Dapitan City Central School	Public	1,468	49	36
Dapitan City Experimental Elementary School	Public	510	21	11
Dapitan City National High School	Public	3,575	124	83
Dapitan City Special Education (SPED) Center	Public	279	17	15
Fernandez Pre-school and Learning Center, Inc.	Private	88	Not reported	Not reported
Jose Rizal Memorial State University - Main	SUC or LUC	251	Not reported	Not reported
Lawaan Elementary School	Public	184	9	6
Ma. Cristina Elementary School	Public	181	8	3
Mindanao Auto and Technical Skills Training Center, Inc.	Private	109	Not reported	Not reported
Polo Elementary School	Public	391	16	10
Rizal Memorial Institute of Dapitan City, Inc	Private	879	Not reported	Not reported
Saint James Child Development and Learning Center, Inc.	Private	5	Not reported	Not reported
Sinonoc Elementary School	Public	185	8	4
Talisay Integrated School	Public	759	28	15

DepEd's public report has teachers and classrooms for public schools only.

About this data

20 learners in SY 2024-25 are counted in the totals but not broken down by grade, level or sex, so those charts show at least these numbers.
Teachers, classrooms and facilities are for public schools only: DepEd's public report has them for no other schools.

The figures for Dapitan Central, SDO Dapitan City exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Dapitan Central, SDO Dapitan City count the schools DepEd placed there that year. Figures come from DepEd's school data for SY 2023-24 and SY 2024-25 as of 25 October 2025. How the data was checked

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