Schools Division of Santiago 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

Santiago City is a schools division in Region II with 66 schools, holding 37,942 learners in SY 2024-25 and another 789 in ALS. It has the seventh most learners of the nine schools divisions in Region II, and the most learners per teacher in public schools. Enrollment in its schools fell 3.5% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted; public schools fell 4.8%, while private schools grew 2.4%.

The most crowded public classrooms are at Divisoria High School, with 84 learners per classroom. Of the 41 reporting public schools, all have electricity and all have internet; one (2%) has no water, against 1% in Region II.

The four districts are listed next on the page, and the figures are broken down by sector and level in charts and tables.

Schools: 66; Down 2 from SY 2023-24; 41 public, 25 private
Community learning centers: 18; Down 1 from SY 2023-24
Learners: 38,731; Down 1,245 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 1,103; Down 15 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 887; Down 8 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Santiago City has the 7th most learners of the 9 schools divisions in Region II, and the most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 3.5% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 4.8% and private schools grew 2.4%.
Of the learners in schools, 80% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 20% in private schools (14% nationally).
The largest schools are Santiago City National High School (4,694 learners), University of La Salette,Inc. Grade School (2,469 learners) and Santiago North Central School- Integrated SPED Center (2,125 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Sistech College of Santiago City, Inc (+57%) and fell most at Cabulay High School (−18%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Divisoria High School, with 84 learners per classroom.
Of the 41 reporting public schools, all have electricity; 1 (2%) has no water, against 1% in Region II; all have internet.
The 40 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱54.5 million. Across the 39 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,468 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 38,731 learners, 37,942 in schools and 789 in community learning centers.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	38,731
In schools	37,942
In community learning centers (ALS)	789
Male	19,808
Female	18,859
Not broken down by sex	64

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

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 64 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Community learning centers (ALS)	Total
Elementary	18,011	2,297	0	20,308
Junior High School	8,972	2,568	0	11,540
Senior High School	3,474	2,556	0	6,030
ALS Basic Literacy Program	0	0	11	11
ALS A&E elementary	0	0	96	96
ALS A&E secondary	0	0	682	682

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

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 64 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	1,279	1,109	2,388
Grade 1	1,403	1,318	2,721
Grade 2	1,486	1,342	2,828
Grade 3	1,600	1,469	3,069
Grade 4	1,594	1,473	3,067
Grade 5	1,478	1,250	2,728
Grade 6	1,613	1,578	3,191
Grade 7	1,503	1,573	3,076
Grade 8	1,357	1,329	2,686
Grade 9	1,371	1,418	2,789
Grade 10	1,460	1,520	2,980
Grade 11	1,559	1,566	3,125
Grade 12	1,374	1,531	2,905
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	202	114	316
Special needs, non-graded (junior high)	7	2	9
ALS Basic Literacy Program	9	2	11
ALS A&E elementary	78	18	96
ALS A&E secondary	435	247	682
Broken down by grade	19,808	18,859	38,667

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	5,115
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	886
Arts and Design	65
All tracks	6,066

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	4	5	9
Elementary	27	19	46
All	31	24	55

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	89	101	190
Elementary	754	699	1,453
Junior High School	315	317	632
Senior High School	104	145	249
All	1,262	1,262	2,524

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 66 schools and 18 community learning centers.

Schools and community learning centers by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools and community learning centers by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	41
Private schools	25
Community learning centers (ALS)	18
All	84

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	36
Elementary and junior high (K to 10)	6
Kindergarten to Grade 12	11
Junior and senior high	9
Senior high only	4
Community learning centers (ALS)	18

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	41
Community learning centers (ALS)	18
Non-sectarian	18
Sectarian	7

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 1,103 teachers and 144 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	1,103
Non-teaching personnel	144
All personnel	1,247

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	670
Junior High School	318
Senior High School	115
All teachers	1,103

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	26.9
Junior High School	28.2
Senior High School	30.2

School resources

SY 2024-25: 887 classrooms and 1,595 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 887
Seats (approximate): 28,636
Toilets: 1,595
Functional computers: 4,476
Faucets: 3,490; 3,161 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	556	240	91
Learners per classroom	32.4	37.4	38.2
Seats (approximate)	16,456	8,987	3,193
Learners per seat	1.1	1.0	1.1
Toilets	1,200	286	109
Learners per toilet	15.0	31.4	31.9
Functional computers	1,145	2,049	1,282
Learners per computer	15.7	4.4	2.7

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	31	1
Junior High School	16	0
Senior High School	10	3

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
Elementary	31	1
Junior High School	13	3
Senior High School	13	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	32	0
Junior High School	15	1
Senior High School	10	3

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	504
Male	477
Shared	576
For persons with disabilities	38
All toilets	1,595

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	3,161
Without water	329
All faucets	3,490

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
School Garden	40
Entrance Gate	39
Permanent Perimeter Fence	37
Offices	36
Covered Court	31
Playground	28
Exit Gate	26
Temporary Perimeter Fence	21
Computer Room	20
Clinic	16
Home Economic Room	15
Library/Learning Resource Center	15
Solar Panel	13
Faculty Room	12
Conference Room	11
Supply Room	11
Paved Pathway	9
Roofing	8
Data File Room/Records Room	7
Canteen	6
Gymnasium	5
Science Laboratory	5
Youth Development Center	3
Flood Marker	2
Student Co-Curricular Center	2
Industrial Arts Room	1
Speech Laboratory	1

Districts

4 districts, each with its SY 2024-25 schools and learners in every sector.

Districts in SDO Santiago City, SY 2024-25
Name	Schools	Learners	Teachers (public)	Learners per teacher (public)
Santiago East	30	14,596	270	29.5
Santiago North	15	6,607	229	25.4
Santiago South	11	11,084	411	27.0
Santiago West	10	5,655	193	29.1

District totals exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

About this data

64 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.

District totals exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for the Schools Division of Santiago 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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