Schools in Cawayan West, SDO Masbate

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

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

Summary

Cawayan West has the 13th most learners of the 32 districts in Masbate, with 7,775 learners and 288 public teachers in SY 2024-25, and the most learners per teacher in public schools. Of the 20 reporting public schools, 16 (80%) have no internet, against 39% in Region V, and one (5%) has no electricity, against 2% in Region V; all have water.

The most crowded public classrooms are at Pena Integrated School, with 57 learners per classroom. The 18 public schools with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱14.5 million. Across the 18 public schools with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, the per-learner MOOE figure is ₱1,402 in FY 2024.

Next, the schools are listed with their learners, teachers and classrooms, and the figures are broken down by sector and level in charts and tables.

Schools: 20; 20 public
Learners: 7,775
Teachers: 288
Classrooms: 220

Boundaries changed between school years, so no change is shown.

Key findings

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

Cawayan West has the 13th most learners of the 32 districts in Masbate, and the most learners per teacher in public schools.
Leaving out 2 schools whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Cawayan West Central School (850 learners), Chico Integrated School (668 learners) and Naro Elementary School (658 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Rivera-Brizo National High School (+24%) and fell most at Recodo Elementary School (−11%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Pena Integrated School, with 57 learners per classroom.
Of the 20 reporting public schools, 1 (5%) has no electricity, against 2% in Region V; all have water; 16 (80%) have no internet, against 39% in Region V.
The 18 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱14.5 million. Across the 18 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,402 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 7,775 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	7,775
Male	4,025
Female	3,750

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Learners
Elementary	6,381
Junior High School	1,153
Senior High School	241

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	415	377	792
Grade 1	484	446	930
Grade 2	476	420	896
Grade 3	438	463	901
Grade 4	493	463	956
Grade 5	448	438	886
Grade 6	538	482	1,020
Grade 7	190	172	362
Grade 8	165	112	277
Grade 9	154	132	286
Grade 10	98	130	228
Grade 11	74	60	134
Grade 12	52	55	107
All grades	4,025	3,750	7,775

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	241
All tracks	241

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

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	1	1	2

Learners in alternative delivery modes (ADM) by program and sex, SY 2024-25
Program	Male	Female	Total
Other School-Initiated Intervention	1	0	1

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 20 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	20

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	16
Elementary and junior high (K to 10)	2
Junior high only	1
Junior and senior high	1

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	20

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 288 teachers and 27 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	288
Non-teaching personnel	27
All personnel	315

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	274
Junior High School	6
Senior High School	8
All teachers	288

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	23.3
Junior High School	192.2
Senior High School	30.1

School resources

SY 2024-25: 220 classrooms and 343 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 220
Seats (approximate): 6,253
Toilets: 343
Functional computers: 180
Faucets: 1,056; 849 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	203	12	5
Learners per classroom	31.4	96.1	48.2
Seats (approximate)	6,253	Not reported	Not reported
Learners per seat	1.0	Not reported	Not reported
Toilets	328	12	3
Learners per toilet	19.5	96.1	80.3
Functional computers	124	56	Not reported
Learners per computer	51.5	20.6	Not reported

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	18	0
Junior High School	4	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	Off-grid supply	Grid and off-grid supply	No electricity supply
Elementary	14	1	3	0
Junior High School	3	0	0	1
Senior High School	1	0	0	0

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	4	14
Junior High School	0	4
Senior High School	0	1

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	110
Male	92
Shared	124
For persons with disabilities	17
All toilets	343

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	849
Without water	207
All faucets	1,056

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
School Garden	20
Entrance Gate	19
Playground	19
Temporary Perimeter Fence	18
Solar Panel	10
Computer Room	9
Exit Gate	8
Offices	6
Paved Pathway	6
Covered Court	5
Clinic	3
Faculty Room	3
Permanent Perimeter Fence	3
Library/Learning Resource Center	2
Flood Marker	1
Home Economic Room	1
Supply Room	1

List of schools

Every school in Cawayan West, SDO Masbate in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Cawayan West, SDO Masbate: 22 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Behia Elementary School	596	22	15
Cawayan West Central School	850	30	21
Chico Elementary School	438	21	12
Chico Integrated School	668	21	13
Cobre Elementary School	64	4	4
Gilotongan Elementary School	722	21	20
Guiom Elementary School	337	15	11
Itombato Elementary School	134	9	6
Looc Elementary School	405	17	13
Mahayahay Elementary School	328	16	8
Maihao Elementary School	238	10	8
Melecio Ancajas Elementary School	249	13	10
Naro Elementary School	658	25	17
Pena ES	365	14	11
Pena Integrated School	510	13	9
Pin-As Elementary School	133	8	7
Punta Batsan Elementary School	356	15	12
Recodo Elementary School	317	18	17
Rivera-Brizo National High School	287	5	0
Sulpicio T. Condor, Sr. National High School	675	8	15
Talisay Elementary School	173	10	6
Vienteriales Elementary School	75	8	8

About this data

The figures for Cawayan West, SDO Masbate exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Cawayan West, SDO Masbate 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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