Schools in Jose Abad Santos, SDO Davao Occidental

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

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

Summary

Jose Abad Santos has the seventh most learners of the 13 districts in Davao Occidental and the eighth most learners per teacher in public schools, with 5,577 learners in its 10 schools and 264 public teachers in SY 2024-25. Enrollment in its schools fell 16.7% from SY 2023-24, not counting ALS: public schools fell 16.7% and private schools fell 17.0%.

All nine reporting public schools have electricity and water, but seven of them, or 78%, have no internet, against 27% in Region XI. Leaving out one school whose figures are under review, the most crowded public classrooms are at Kalbay National High School, with 96 learners per classroom.

The 10 schools are listed with their learners, teachers and classrooms, and the figures are broken down by sector and level.

Schools: 10; Down 1 from SY 2023-24; 9 public, 1 private
Learners: 5,577; Down 1,116 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 264; Down 3 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 122; Down 5 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Jose Abad Santos has the 7th most learners of the 13 districts in Davao Occidental, and the 8th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 16.7% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 16.7% and private schools fell 17.0%.
Of the learners in schools, 96% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 4% in private schools (14% nationally).
The largest schools are Jose Abad Santos National High School (1,614 learners), Kalbay National High School (960 learners) and Edna Guillermo Memorial National High School (795 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Tabayon National High School (+4%) and fell most at Holy Cross of Caburan, Inc. (−17%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the most crowded public classrooms are at Kalbay National High School, with 96 learners per classroom.
Of the 9 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; 7 (78%) have no internet, against 27% in Region XI.
The 9 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱13.7 million. Across the 9 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱2,175 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 5,577 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	5,577
Male	2,550
Female	3,027

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Total
Elementary	262	0	262
Junior High School	3,420	166	3,586
Senior High School	1,651	78	1,729

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	29	34	63
Grade 1	21	22	43
Grade 2	21	26	47
Grade 3	12	11	23
Grade 4	15	23	38
Grade 5	13	10	23
Grade 6	12	13	25
Grade 7	516	579	1,095
Grade 8	404	457	861
Grade 9	376	470	846
Grade 10	347	437	784
Grade 11	443	516	959
Grade 12	341	429	770
All grades	2,550	3,027	5,577

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	673
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	1,056
All tracks	1,729

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Junior High School	1	1	2

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	29	34	63
Elementary	91	103	194
Junior High School	1,186	1,428	2,614
Senior High School	563	752	1,315
All	1,869	2,317	4,186

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 10 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	9
Private schools	1
All	10

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	1
Junior high only	2
Junior and senior high	7

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	9
Sectarian	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 264 teachers and 26 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	264
Non-teaching personnel	26
All personnel	290

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	9
Junior High School	194
Senior High School	61
All teachers	264

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	29.1
Junior High School	17.6
Senior High School	27.1

School resources

SY 2024-25: 122 classrooms and 160 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 122
Seats (approximate): 4,416
Toilets: 160
Functional computers: 672
Faucets: 298; 139 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	1	78	43
Learners per classroom	262.0	43.9	38.4
Seats (approximate)	Not reported	3,037	1,379
Learners per seat	Not reported	1.1	1.2
Toilets	Not reported	104	56
Learners per toilet	Not reported	32.9	29.5
Functional computers	5	402	265
Learners per computer	52.4	8.5	6.2

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	1	0
Junior High School	8	0
Senior High School	6	0

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	Off-grid supply	Grid and off-grid supply
Elementary	1	0	0
Junior High School	6	1	1
Senior High School	5	0	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	0	1
Junior High School	2	6
Senior High School	0	6

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	63
Male	62
Shared	25
For persons with disabilities	10
All toilets	160

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	139
Without water	159
All faucets	298

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	9
Temporary Perimeter Fence	9
Exit Gate	7
School Garden	7
Covered Court	6
Offices	5
Clinic	4
Permanent Perimeter Fence	4
Playground	4
Canteen	3
Computer Room	3
Faculty Room	3
Home Economic Room	3
Library/Learning Resource Center	3
Solar Panel	3
Science Laboratory	2
Supply Room	2
Data File Room/Records Room	1
Gymnasium	1

List of schools

Every school in Jose Abad Santos, SDO Davao Occidental in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Jose Abad Santos, SDO Davao Occidental: 10 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Balangonan National High School	Public	442	30	14
Datu Tawang Elementary School	Public	262	9	1
David Lachica Sr. National High School	Public	109	2	0
Edna Guillermo Memorial National High School	Public	795	54	29
Emeliano S. Fontanares Sr. National High School	Public	251	10	8
Holy Cross of Caburan, Inc.	Private	244	Not reported	Not reported
Jose Abad Santos National High School	Public	1,614	92	47
Kalbay National High School	Public	960	37	10
Mangile National High School	Public	561	19	8
Tabayon National High School	Public	339	11	5

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

About this data

Teachers, classrooms and facilities are for public schools only: DepEd's public report has them for no other schools.

The figures for Jose Abad Santos, SDO Davao Occidental exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Jose Abad Santos, SDO Davao Occidental 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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