Schools in M'Lang Central, SDO North Cotabato

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

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

Summary

M'Lang Central has the sixth most learners of the 51 districts in North Cotabato, with 10,397 learners across 16 schools in SY 2024-25. Set against its 359 public teachers, it has the 16th most learners per teacher in public schools.

Enrollment in its schools fell 0.4% from SY 2023-24, not counting ALS, while public schools grew 0.2% and private schools fell 8.3%. Of the learners in schools, 93% are in public schools, against 85% nationally, and 7% in private schools, against 14%.

Of the 13 reporting public schools, one (8%) has no electricity, against 2% in Region XII, and one (8%) has no internet, against 22% in Region XII, while all have water. Next on the page are the 16 schools, each listed with its learners, teachers and classrooms, followed by the figures by sector and level.

Schools: 16; No change from SY 2023-24; 13 public, 3 private
Learners: 10,397; Down 46 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 359; Up 12 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 220; Down 16 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

M'Lang Central has the 6th most learners of the 51 districts in North Cotabato, and the 16th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 0.4% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools grew 0.2% and private schools fell 8.3%.
Of the learners in schools, 93% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 7% in private schools (14% nationally).
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Mlang Pilot Elementary School (2,057 learners), Dungoan Elementary School (729 learners) and Notre Dame of Mlang (585 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Banawa Elementary School (+14%) and fell most at Calunasan High School (−12%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Dungoan High School, with 142 learners per classroom.
Of the 13 reporting public schools, 1 (8%) has no electricity, against 2% in Region XII; all have water; 1 (8%) has no internet, against 22% in Region XII.
The 13 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱18.1 million. Across the 13 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,369 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 10,397 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	10,397
Male	5,192
Female	5,205

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Total
Elementary	5,193	263	5,456
Junior High School	2,944	303	3,247
Senior High School	1,527	167	1,694

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	335	294	629
Grade 1	395	378	773
Grade 2	442	381	823
Grade 3	366	381	747
Grade 4	381	408	789
Grade 5	403	381	784
Grade 6	439	445	884
Grade 7	461	465	926
Grade 8	360	330	690
Grade 9	400	402	802
Grade 10	392	433	825
Grade 11	406	452	858
Grade 12	395	441	836
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	16	11	27
Special needs, non-graded (junior high)	1	3	4
All grades	5,192	5,205	10,397

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	1,284
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	410
All tracks	1,694

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	62	63	125
Elementary	81	64	145
All	143	127	270

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	1	0	1
Elementary	13	18	31
Junior High School	13	22	35
Senior High School	5	4	9
All	32	44	76

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 16 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	13
Private schools	3
All	16

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	12
Kindergarten to Grade 12	1
Junior high only	2
Junior and senior high	1

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	13
Sectarian	2
Non-sectarian	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 359 teachers and 38 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	359
Non-teaching personnel	38
All personnel	397

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	184
Junior High School	132
Senior High School	43
All teachers	359

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	28.2
Junior High School	22.3
Senior High School	35.5

School resources

SY 2024-25: 220 classrooms and 380 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 220
Seats (approximate): 7,221
Toilets: 380
Functional computers: 724
Faucets: 521; 491 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	135	54	31
Learners per classroom	38.5	54.5	49.3
Seats (approximate)	3,475	2,516	1,230
Learners per seat	1.5	1.2	1.2
Toilets	304	52	24
Learners per toilet	17.1	56.6	63.6
Functional computers	185	347	192
Learners per computer	28.1	8.5	8.0

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	10	0
Junior High School	3	0
Senior High School	1	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	Grid and off-grid supply	No electricity supply
Elementary	8	1	1
Junior High School	3	0	0
Senior High School	1	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	9	1
Junior High School	3	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	108
Male	109
Shared	159
For persons with disabilities	4
All toilets	380

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	491
Without water	30
All faucets	521

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	13
School Garden	12
Permanent Perimeter Fence	11
Exit Gate	10
Offices	10
Playground	10
Paved Pathway	6
Temporary Perimeter Fence	6
Covered Court	5
Canteen	4
Solar Panel	4
Clinic	3
Roofing	3
Computer Room	2
Conference Room	2
Data File Room/Records Room	2
Faculty Room	2
Home Economic Room	2
Library/Learning Resource Center	2
Bike Rack	1
Flood Marker	1
Industrial Arts Room	1
Student Co-Curricular Center	1
Supply Room	1

List of schools

Every school in M'Lang Central, SDO North Cotabato in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in M'Lang Central, SDO North Cotabato: 16 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Banawa Elementary School	Public	131	7	7
Bialong Elementary School	Public	480	18	8
Calunasan Elementary School	Public	189	8	6
Calunasan High School	Public	174	8	3
Don Tomas Buenaflor Elementary School	Public	186	8	5
Dugong Elementary School	Public	491	15	14
Dungoan Elementary School	Public	729	22	17
Dungoan High School	Public	284	11	2
Inas Elementary School	Public	219	9	10
Langkong Elementary School	Public	195	8	6
M'lang Adventist Learning Center, Inc.	Private	65	Not reported	Not reported
Mlang National High School	Public	4,013	156	80
Mlang Pilot Elementary School	Public	2,057	68	44
Notre Dame of Mlang	Private	585	Not reported	Not reported
Precious Lambs Academy, Inc.	Private	83	Not reported	Not reported
Sangat Elementary School	Public	516	21	18

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 M'Lang Central, SDO North Cotabato exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for M'Lang Central, SDO North Cotabato 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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