Schools in Patikul, SDO Sulu

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

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

Summary

Patikul's 36 schools held 17,605 learners in SY 2024-25, the second most learners of the 20 districts in Sulu. Its 327 public teachers put it at the seventh most learners per teacher in public schools. Of its learners in schools, 96% are in public schools, against 85% nationally.

Of the 34 reporting public schools, 10 (29%) have no electricity, against 9% in BARMM, and 28 (82%) have no internet, against 74% in BARMM. The most crowded public classrooms are at Don Jose Godinez Elementary School, with 68 learners per classroom, leaving out six schools whose figures are under review.

The page lists the 36 schools with their learners, teachers and classrooms, and breaks the figures down by sector and level in charts and tables.

Schools: 36; 34 public, 1 private, 1 SUC or LUC
Learners: 17,605
Teachers: 327
Classrooms: 280

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

Key findings

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

Patikul has the 2nd most learners of the 20 districts in Sulu, and the 7th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Of the learners in schools, 96% are in public schools (85% nationally), 1% in private schools (14% nationally) and 3% in SUC and LUC schools (1% nationally).
The largest schools are Sulu National High School (4,296 learners), Patikul National High School (1,742 learners) and Don Jose Godinez Elementary School (1,570 learners).
Leaving out 2 schools whose enrollment figures are under review, enrollment grew fastest at Anuling Elementary School (+10%) and fell most at Kadday Mampalam Elementary School (−15%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
Leaving out 6 schools whose figures are under review, the most crowded public classrooms are at Don Jose Godinez Elementary School, with 68 learners per classroom.
Of the 34 reporting public schools, 10 (29%) have no electricity, against 9% in BARMM; 9 (26%) have no water, against 8% in BARMM; 28 (82%) have no internet, against 74% in BARMM.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 17,605 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	17,605
Male	8,539
Female	9,003
Not broken down by sex	63

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

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 63 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	SUCs and LUCs	Total
Elementary	10,834	217	0	11,051
Junior High School	5,080	0	516	5,596
Senior High School	895	0	0	895

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

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 63 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	683	659	1,342
Grade 1	819	799	1,618
Grade 2	952	902	1,854
Grade 3	894	865	1,759
Grade 4	821	732	1,553
Grade 5	756	737	1,493
Grade 6	716	716	1,432
Grade 7	742	793	1,535
Grade 8	662	850	1,512
Grade 9	622	735	1,357
Grade 10	508	684	1,192
Grade 11	200	296	496
Grade 12	164	235	399
Broken down by grade	8,539	9,003	17,542

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	879
Arts and Design	79
All tracks	958

ALIVE (Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	127	131	258
Elementary	1,628	1,686	3,314
Junior High School	1	2	3
All	1,756	1,819	3,575

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	1	9	10
Elementary	65	91	156
Junior High School	6	4	10
Senior High School	0	2	2
All	72	106	178

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 36 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	34
Private schools	1
SUCs and LUCs	1
All	36

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	33
Junior high only	1
Junior and senior high	2

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	34
Non-sectarian	1
State universities and colleges	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 327 teachers and 8 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	327
Non-teaching personnel	8
All personnel	335

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	307
Junior High School	19
Senior High School	1
All teachers	327

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	35.3
Junior High School	267.4
Senior High School	895.0

School resources

SY 2024-25: 280 classrooms and 118 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 280
Seats (approximate): 6,564
Toilets: 118
Functional computers: 132
Faucets: 172; 112 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	212	57	11
Learners per classroom	51.1	89.1	81.4
Seats (approximate)	5,638	789	137
Learners per seat	1.9	6.4	6.5
Toilets	85	28	5
Learners per toilet	127.5	181.4	179.0
Functional computers	132	Not reported	Not reported
Learners per computer	82.1	Not reported	Not reported

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	24	8
Junior High School	1	1
Senior High School	0	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	Off-grid supply	Grid and off-grid supply	No electricity supply
Elementary	15	4	3	10
Junior High School	2	0	0	0
Senior High School	2	0	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	5	27
Junior High School	0	2
Senior High School	1	1

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	46
Male	39
Shared	27
For persons with disabilities	6
All toilets	118

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	112
Without water	60
All faucets	172

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	21
School Garden	21
Playground	20
Exit Gate	17
Permanent Perimeter Fence	15
Temporary Perimeter Fence	12
Offices	9
Covered Court	8
Computer Room	6
Solar Panel	6
Clinic	4
Faculty Room	4
Library/Learning Resource Center	4
Data File Room/Records Room	3
Flood Marker	3
Canteen	2
Science Laboratory	2
Conference Room	1
Home Economic Room	1
Paved Pathway	1
Roofing	1

List of schools

Every school in Patikul, SDO Sulu in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Patikul, SDO Sulu: 36 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Ahajani Primary School	Public	142	4	3
Amman Elementary School	Public	324	7	8
Anuling Elementary School	Public	366	9	8
Asimal Primary School	Public	40	1	0
Bakong Primary School	Public	55	1	0
Bunbun Primary School	Public	397	4	5
Bungkaung Primary School	Public	27	1	0
Danag Elementary School	Public	413	7	9
Darayan Primary School	Public	61	2	0
Datu Uddin Bahjin Central School	Public	733	23	23
Don Jose Godinez Elementary School	Public	1,570	56	23
Gandasuli Elementary School	Public	848	28	21
Hadji Gafur Primary School	Public	45	1	0
Igasan Elementary School	Public	261	8	8
Kadday Mampalam Elementary School	Public	289	7	7
Kan-Ague Elementary School	Public	281	6	7
Kantatang Primary School	Public	36	1	0
Kasulutan Elementary School	Public	740	25	16
Kaunayan Elementary School	Public	325	10	8
Kawmpang Elementary School	Public	1,202	37	27
Latih Elementary School	Public	221	9	7
Liang Elementary School	Public	295	7	3
Mindanao State University-Sulu Laboratory High School	SUC or LUC	516	Not reported	Not reported
Mudjunun Elementary School	Public	583	11	4
Panglayahan Primary School	Public	110	1	0
Pansul Primary School	Public	81	1	0
Patikul Higad Elementary School	Public	214	8	7
Patikul National High School	Public	1,742	20	21
Sahaya Integrated Learning Center	Private	217	Not reported	Not reported
Sulu National High School	Public	4,296	Not reported	47
Tandu Dagmay Elementary School	Public	369	7	2
Tanum Elementary School	Public	215	8	7
Tugas Primary School	Public	65	2	0
Tuup Elementary School	Public	310	11	7
Tuwak Primary School	Public	110	1	0
Usaw Primary School	Public	106	3	2

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

About this data

63 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 Patikul, SDO Sulu exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Patikul, SDO Sulu 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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