Schools in Pigcawayan West, SDO Special Geographic Area Division

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

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

Summary

Pigcawayan West has the ninth most learners of the 16 districts in the Special Geographic Area Division, with 1,939 learners in its nine schools in SY 2024-25. With 68 public teachers, it has the 13th most learners per teacher in public schools among those 16 districts. Its largest schools are Simsiman Central Elementary School with 548 learners, Matilac Elementary School with 317 and Balacayon Elementary School with 203.

Simsiman Central Elementary School also has the most crowded public classrooms, at 61 learners per classroom. Of the nine reporting public schools, two (22%) have no electricity against 9% in BARMM, two (22%) have no water against 8%, and seven (78%) have no internet against 74%. Charts and tables break the figures down by sector and level, and the nine schools are listed with their learners, teachers and classrooms.

Schools: 9; 9 public
Learners: 1,939
Teachers: 68
Classrooms: 53

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

Key findings

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

Pigcawayan West has the 9th most learners of the 16 districts in Special Geographic Area Division, and the 13th most learners per teacher in public schools.
The largest schools are Simsiman Central Elementary School (548 learners), Matilac Elementary School (317 learners) and Balacayon Elementary School (203 learners).
The most crowded public classrooms are at Simsiman Central Elementary School, with 61 learners per classroom.
Of the 9 reporting public schools, 2 (22%) have no electricity, against 9% in BARMM; 2 (22%) have no water, against 8% in BARMM; 7 (78%) have no internet, against 74% in BARMM.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 1,939 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	1,939
Male	954
Female	985

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Learners
Elementary	1,939

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	126	130	256
Grade 1	145	144	289
Grade 2	167	180	347
Grade 3	141	152	293
Grade 4	108	108	216
Grade 5	142	143	285
Grade 6	125	128	253
All grades	954	985	1,939

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	45	41	86

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	1	0	1

Learners in alternative delivery modes (ADM) by program and sex, SY 2024-25
Program	Male	Female	Total
Other School-Initiated Intervention	9	9	18

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 9 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	9

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	9

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	9

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 68 teachers and 1 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	68
Non-teaching personnel	1
All personnel	69

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	68
All teachers	68

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	28.5

School resources

SY 2024-25: 53 classrooms and 29 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 53
Seats (approximate): 1,867
Toilets: 29
Functional computers: 11
Faucets: 18; 17 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
Classrooms	53
Learners per classroom	36.6
Seats (approximate)	1,867
Learners per seat	1.0
Toilets	29
Learners per toilet	66.9
Functional computers	11
Learners per computer	176.3

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	7	2

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	6	1	2

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	2	7

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	2
Male	2
Shared	25
All toilets	29

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	17
Without water	1
All faucets	18

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	8
Exit Gate	7
Permanent Perimeter Fence	7
School Garden	7
Flood Marker	6
Offices	5
Playground	5
Temporary Perimeter Fence	4
Covered Court	3
Clinic	2
Faculty Room	2
Paved Pathway	1
Roofing	1
Solar Panel	1

List of schools

Every school in Pigcawayan West, SDO Special Geographic Area Division in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Pigcawayan West, SDO Special Geographic Area Division: 9 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Balacayon Elementary School	203	6	4
Buricain Elementary School	181	7	6
Datu Mantil Elementary School	165	7	6
Kadingilan Elementary School	167	7	6
Lower Baguer Elementry School	156	5	4
Lower Pangangcalan Elementary School	110	5	4
Matilac Elementary School	317	11	10
Simsiman Central Elementary School	548	15	9
Upper Pangangcalan Elementary School	92	5	4

About this data

The figures for Pigcawayan West, SDO Special Geographic Area Division exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Pigcawayan West, SDO Special Geographic Area Division 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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