Schools in Buayan, SDO General Santos 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

Buayan has the 14th most learners of the 15 districts in General Santos City, and the 13th most learners per teacher in public schools. In SY 2024-25 its eight schools held 6,165 learners and 224 public teachers. Enrollment in its schools fell 4.1% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted.

Leaving out one school whose figures are under review, the largest schools are H. Bayan Sr. Central Elementary School with 1,150 learners, Balite Elementary School with 992 and Buayan National High School with 709. Ligaya Elementary School has the most crowded public classrooms, at 54 learners per classroom.

All eight reporting public schools have electricity, water and internet. The list of its eight schools, with learners, teachers and classrooms, is the next place to look.

Schools: 8; No change from SY 2023-24; 8 public
Learners: 6,165; Down 261 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 224; Up 7 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 169; Down 8 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Buayan has the 14th most learners of the 15 districts in General Santos City, and the 13th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 4.1% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted).
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the largest schools are H. Bayan Sr. Central Elementary School (1,150 learners), Balite Elementary School (992 learners) and Buayan National High School (709 learners).
The most crowded public classrooms are at Ligaya Elementary School, with 54 learners per classroom.
Of the 8 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; all have internet.
The 8 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱10.0 million. Across the 8 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,196 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 6,165 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	6,165
Male	3,153
Female	3,012

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Learners
Elementary	5,079
Junior High School	863
Senior High School	223

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	303	289	592
Grade 1	355	332	687
Grade 2	413	399	812
Grade 3	372	372	744
Grade 4	395	368	763
Grade 5	358	334	692
Grade 6	392	397	789
Grade 7	115	96	211
Grade 8	87	73	160
Grade 9	126	105	231
Grade 10	119	142	261
Grade 11	71	59	130
Grade 12	47	46	93
All grades	3,153	3,012	6,165

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	153
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	70
All tracks	223

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	54	50	104
Elementary	374	367	741
Junior High School	115	99	214
All	543	516	1,059

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	13	5	18
Elementary	78	71	149
Junior High School	3	13	16
Senior High School	2	2	4
All	96	91	187

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 8 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	8

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	6
Junior and senior high	2

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	8

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 224 teachers and 19 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	224
Non-teaching personnel	19
All personnel	243

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	155
Junior High School	58
Senior High School	11
All teachers	224

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	32.8
Junior High School	14.9
Senior High School	20.3

School resources

SY 2024-25: 169 classrooms and 222 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 169
Seats (approximate): 5,563
Toilets: 222
Functional computers: 562
Faucets: 435; 392 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	119	39	11
Learners per classroom	42.7	22.1	20.3
Seats (approximate)	4,778	647	138
Learners per seat	1.1	1.3	1.6
Toilets	174	40	8
Learners per toilet	29.2	21.6	27.9
Functional computers	379	95	88
Learners per computer	13.4	9.1	2.5

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	6	0
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	2	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
Elementary	6
Junior High School	2
Senior High School	2

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	6	0
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	2	0

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	37
Male	38
Shared	140
For persons with disabilities	7
All toilets	222

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	392
Without water	43
All faucets	435

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

List of schools

Every school in Buayan, SDO General Santos City in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Buayan, SDO General Santos City: 8 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Balite Elementary School	992	31	29
Baluan Elementary School	1,378	37	26
Buayan National High School	709	59	37
Datu Acad Dalid Elementary School	576	19	15
H. Bayan Sr. Central Elementary School	1,150	35	30
Ligaya Elementary School	699	22	13
Ligaya High School	377	10	13
Sarif Mucsin Elementary School	284	11	6

About this data

The figures for Buayan, SDO General Santos City exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Buayan, SDO General Santos 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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