Schools in Tupi South, 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

Tupi South, a school district in South Cotabato, held 8,144 learners in its 20 schools in SY 2024-25, and 99% of them are in public schools, against 85% nationally. Enrollment in schools fell 2.2% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted, as public schools fell 2.3% and private schools grew 8.0%.

It has the 13th most learners of the 18 districts in South Cotabato, but the most learners per teacher in public schools, with 276 public teachers. The most crowded public classrooms are at Acmonan Integrated School, with 79 learners per classroom.

All 19 reporting public schools have electricity and water, while four of them, or 21%, have no internet, against 22% in Region XII. Its 20 schools are listed with their learners, teachers and classrooms, and the figures are broken down by sector and level.

Schools: 20; No change from SY 2023-24; 19 public, 1 private
Learners: 8,144; Down 186 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 276; Down 31 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 280; Up 16 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Tupi South has the 13th most learners of the 18 districts in South Cotabato, and the most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 2.2% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 2.3% and private schools grew 8.0%.
Of the learners in schools, 99% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 1% in private schools (14% nationally).
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Polonuling Central Elementary School (1,074 learners), Acmonan Integrated School (630 learners) and Lunen Integrated School (614 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Glandang Elementary School (+8%) and fell most at Acfaon Elementary School (−10%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
The most crowded public classrooms are at Acmonan Integrated School, with 79 learners per classroom.
Of the 19 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; 4 (21%) have no internet, against 22% in Region XII.
The 19 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱18.5 million. Across the 19 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,655 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 8,144 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	8,144
Male	4,193
Female	3,932
Not broken down by sex	19

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

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 19 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Total
Elementary	5,425	27	5,452
Junior High School	1,909	0	1,909
Senior High School	764	0	764

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

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 19 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	345	321	666
Grade 1	380	342	722
Grade 2	427	370	797
Grade 3	424	359	783
Grade 4	407	391	798
Grade 5	412	351	763
Grade 6	466	457	923
Grade 7	274	292	566
Grade 8	227	217	444
Grade 9	223	214	437
Grade 10	228	234	462
Grade 11	198	189	387
Grade 12	182	195	377
Broken down by grade	4,193	3,932	8,125

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	350
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	425
All tracks	775

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	44	43	87

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	139	140	279
Elementary	1,145	1,066	2,211
Junior High School	388	424	812
Senior High School	132	147	279
All	1,804	1,777	3,581

Learners in alternative delivery modes (ADM) by program and sex, SY 2024-25
Program	Male	Female	Total
Other School-Initiated Intervention	4	3	7

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	19
Private schools	1
All	20

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	12
Elementary and junior high (K to 10)	4
Junior and senior high	4

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	19
Non-sectarian	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 276 teachers and 30 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	276
Non-teaching personnel	30
All personnel	306

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	188
Junior High School	82
Senior High School	6
All teachers	276

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	28.9
Junior High School	23.3
Senior High School	127.3

School resources

SY 2024-25: 280 classrooms and 428 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 280
Seats (approximate): 8,098
Toilets: 428
Functional computers: 425
Faucets: 590; 533 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	166	82	32
Learners per classroom	32.7	23.3	23.9
Seats (approximate)	4,693	2,127	1,278
Learners per seat	1.2	0.9	0.6
Toilets	261	115	52
Learners per toilet	20.8	16.6	14.7
Functional computers	131	216	78
Learners per computer	41.4	8.8	9.8

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	15	0
Junior High School	8	0
Senior High School	4	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	15
Junior High School	8
Senior High School	4

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	11	4
Junior High School	6	2
Senior High School	3	1

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	83
Male	75
Shared	246
For persons with disabilities	24
All toilets	428

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	533
Without water	57
All faucets	590

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	19
Playground	16
School Garden	16
Offices	15
Temporary Perimeter Fence	14
Exit Gate	13
Covered Court	11
Permanent Perimeter Fence	10
Computer Room	9
Library/Learning Resource Center	8
Conference Room	6
Clinic	4
Gymnasium	4
Home Economic Room	4
Paved Pathway	4
Science Laboratory	4
Data File Room/Records Room	2
Flood Marker	1
Roofing	1
Solar Panel	1
Supply Room	1

List of schools

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

Schools in Tupi South, SDO South Cotabato: 20 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Acfaon Elementary School	Public	191	8	9
Acmonan Integrated School	Public	630	20	8
Balisong Elementary School	Public	190	8	7
Benigno S. Aquino Integrated School	Public	162	14	19
Bunao Elementary School	Public	287	8	8
Glandang Elementary School	Public	249	8	8
Jose D. Escobillo National High School	Public	392	3	19
Juan-Loreto Tamayo Integrated School	Public	182	13	13
Kablon Elementary School	Public	454	12	14
Kablon National High School	Public	513	4	20
Kalkam Elementary School	Public	313	8	11
Lunen Integrated School	Public	614	23	11
Miasong Elementary School	Public	517	18	16
Polonuling Alliance Elementary School, Inc.	Private	27	Not reported	Not reported
Polonuling Central Elementary School	Public	1,074	31	31
Polonuling National High School	Public	923	55	30
Ricardo O. Avila Memorial Elementary School	Public	267	11	12
Simbo Elementary School	Public	346	12	8
Teodoro P. Prudente National High School	Public	457	9	22
Upper Tupi Elementary School	Public	356	11	14

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

About this data

19 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 Tupi South, SDO South Cotabato exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Tupi South, 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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