Schools in Surallah North, SDO South 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

Surallah North holds 14,423 learners in its 19 schools in SY 2024-25, the fifth most learners of the 18 districts in South Cotabato. Enrollment in schools fell 4.4% from SY 2023-24, not counting ALS: public schools fell 3.3%, while private schools fell 13.4%.

Among its 16 reporting public schools, all have electricity and all have water, but four (25%) have no internet, against 22% in Region XII. The most crowded public classrooms are at Libertad National High School, with 50 learners per classroom.

The schools are listed next, each with its learners, teachers and classrooms, and the figures are broken down by sector and level, with charts and tables.

Schools: 19; No change from SY 2023-24; 16 public, 3 private
Learners: 14,423; Down 664 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 468; Up 24 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 361; Up 12 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Surallah North has the 5th most learners of the 18 districts in South Cotabato, and the 8th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 4.4% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 3.3% and private schools fell 13.4%.
Of the learners in schools, 90% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 10% in private schools (14% nationally).
Leaving out 2 schools whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Libertad National High School (5,229 learners), Surallah National High School (1,091 learners) and Notre Dame of Surala (674 learners).
Leaving out 1 school whose enrollment figures are under review, enrollment grew fastest at Upper Talahik Integrated School (+6%) and fell most at Thelsan School Inc. (−15%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Libertad National High School, with 50 learners per classroom.
Of the 16 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; 4 (25%) have no internet, against 22% in Region XII.
The 16 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱25.3 million. Across the 16 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,507 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 14,423 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	14,423
Male	7,212
Female	7,205
Not broken down by sex	6

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

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 6 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Total
Elementary	6,070	477	6,547
Junior High School	4,319	705	5,024
Senior High School	2,562	284	2,846

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

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 6 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	352	313	665
Grade 1	464	404	868
Grade 2	460	445	905
Grade 3	491	476	967
Grade 4	564	503	1,067
Grade 5	483	472	955
Grade 6	566	538	1,104
Grade 7	671	621	1,292
Grade 8	577	590	1,167
Grade 9	554	621	1,175
Grade 10	640	730	1,370
Grade 11	706	750	1,456
Grade 12	664	726	1,390
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	10	6	16
Special needs, non-graded (junior high)	10	10	20
Broken down by grade	7,212	7,205	14,417

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	1,893
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	959
All tracks	2,852

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	3	3	6
Elementary	159	136	295
All	162	139	301

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	31	28	59
Elementary	195	229	424
Junior High School	68	130	198
Senior High School	64	97	161
All	358	484	842

Learners in alternative delivery modes (ADM) by program and sex, SY 2024-25
Program	Male	Female	Total
Open High School Program	8	5	13

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 19 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	16
Private schools	3
All	19

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	10
Elementary and junior high (K to 10)	2
Kindergarten to Grade 12	5
Junior and senior high	2

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	16
Non-sectarian	3

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 468 teachers and 75 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	468
Non-teaching personnel	75
All personnel	543

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	224
Junior High School	158
Senior High School	86
All teachers	468

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	27.1
Junior High School	27.3
Senior High School	29.8

School resources

SY 2024-25: 361 classrooms and 509 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 361
Seats (approximate): 9,605
Toilets: 509
Functional computers: 1,027
Faucets: 731; 665 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	197	102	62
Learners per classroom	30.8	42.3	41.3
Seats (approximate)	4,988	2,938	1,679
Learners per seat	1.2	1.5	1.5
Toilets	288	140	81
Learners per toilet	21.1	30.9	31.6
Functional computers	337	387	303
Learners per computer	18.0	11.2	8.5

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	13	1
Junior High School	7	0
Senior High School	5	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
Elementary	13	1
Junior High School	6	1
Senior High School	5	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	5
Junior High School	3	4
Senior High School	4	1

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	124
Male	112
Shared	254
For persons with disabilities	19
All toilets	509

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	665
Without water	66
All faucets	731

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	15
School Garden	15
Exit Gate	13
Playground	13
Permanent Perimeter Fence	10
Offices	9
Temporary Perimeter Fence	9
Computer Room	8
Gymnasium	8
Covered Court	7
Clinic	4
Conference Room	4
Home Economic Room	4
Data File Room/Records Room	3
Library/Learning Resource Center	3
Science Laboratory	3
Solar Panel	2
Canteen	1
Faculty Room	1
Industrial Arts Room	1
Paved Pathway	1
Roofing	1
Speech Laboratory	1
Student Co-Curricular Center	1
Supply Room	1

List of schools

Every school in Surallah North, SDO South Cotabato in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Surallah North, SDO South Cotabato: 19 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Duengas Elementary School	Public	145	10	7
Emma Learning Center Inc.	Private	263	Not reported	Not reported
Kiantay Elementary School	Public	206	9	8
Libertad National High School	Public	5,229	165	104
Lubol Integrated School	Public	323	19	16
Mabini Elementary School	Public	272	11	8
Modon Elementary School	Public	48	3	4
Moloy Elementary School	Public	518	17	17
Notre Dame of Surala	Private	674	Not reported	Not reported
Purok Sison Elementary School	Public	729	30	32
Shri- Visaya Elementary School	Public	377	13	11
Surallah Central Elementary School	Public	2,060	63	47
Surallah East Elementary School	Public	627	24	28
Surallah National High School	Public	1,091	45	33
Talahik Integrated School	Public	399	19	21
Tapok Integrated School	Public	231	14	6
Thelsan School Inc.	Private	529	Not reported	Not reported
Upper Sepaka Integrated School	Public	505	19	11
Upper Talahik Integrated School	Public	197	7	8

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

About this data

6 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.

The figures for Surallah North, SDO South Cotabato exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Surallah North, SDO South 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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