Schools in Sta. Cruz South, SDO Zambales

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

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

Summary

Sta. Cruz South has the most learners per teacher in public schools of the 15 districts in Zambales, and the 11th most learners of them. Its 18 schools held 7,831 learners in SY 2024-25, and enrollment fell 2.9% from SY 2023-24, not counting ALS. Leaving out one school whose figures are under review, the most crowded public classrooms are at San Fernando Elementary School, with 48 learners per classroom.

Of the 18 reporting public schools, all have electricity and all have water, while one (6%) has no internet, against 5% in Region III. The 18 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱17.6 million. The page lists the 18 schools here with their learners, teachers and classrooms, and shows the figures by sector and level.

Schools: 18; No change from SY 2023-24; 18 public
Learners: 7,831; Down 234 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 266; Down 1 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 261; Up 14 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Sta. Cruz South has the 11th most learners of the 15 districts in Zambales, and the most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools fell 2.9% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted).
Leaving out 2 schools whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Don Brigido Miraflor Integrated School (1,155 learners), Sta. Cruz South Central School (640 learners) and Bayto Elementary School (501 learners).
Enrollment grew fastest at Sta Cruz South High School (+8%) and fell most at Lupa Elementary School (−8%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
Leaving out 1 school whose figures are under review, the most crowded public classrooms are at San Fernando Elementary School, with 48 learners per classroom.
Of the 18 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; 1 (6%) has no internet, against 5% in Region III.
The 18 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱17.6 million. Across the 18 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,561 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 7,831 learners.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	7,831
Male	3,994
Female	3,837

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Learners
Elementary	4,343
Junior High School	2,784
Senior High School	704

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	254	244	498
Grade 1	281	276	557
Grade 2	313	307	620
Grade 3	356	329	685
Grade 4	358	307	665
Grade 5	350	314	664
Grade 6	312	325	637
Grade 7	396	380	776
Grade 8	328	291	619
Grade 9	336	383	719
Grade 10	328	342	670
Grade 11	207	179	386
Grade 12	165	153	318
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	10	7	17
All grades	3,994	3,837	7,831

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	474
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	230
All tracks	704

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	12	10	22
Junior High School	17	9	26
Senior High School	8	8	16
All	37	27	64

Learners in alternative delivery modes (ADM) by program and sex, SY 2024-25
Program	Male	Female	Total
Open High School Program	0	1	1
Other School-Initiated Intervention	9	15	24
All	9	16	25

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 18 schools.

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	18

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	13
Kindergarten to Grade 12	1
Junior and senior high	4

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	18

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 266 teachers and 47 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	266
Non-teaching personnel	47
All personnel	313

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	160
Junior High School	69
Senior High School	37
All teachers	266

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	40.4
Senior High School	19.0

School resources

SY 2024-25: 261 classrooms and 291 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 261
Seats (approximate): 7,974
Toilets: 291
Functional computers: 1,259
Faucets: 448; 356 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	157	83	21
Learners per classroom	27.7	33.5	33.5
Seats (approximate)	4,912	2,529	533
Learners per seat	0.9	1.1	1.3
Toilets	205	71	15
Learners per toilet	21.2	39.2	46.9
Functional computers	531	436	292
Learners per computer	8.2	6.4	2.4

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	14	0
Junior High School	5	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
Elementary	14
Junior High School	5
Senior High School	5

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	13	1
Junior High School	5	0
Senior High School	5	0

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	60
Male	53
Shared	171
For persons with disabilities	7
All toilets	291

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	356
Without water	92
All faucets	448

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
School Garden	18
Offices	17
Entrance Gate	16
Exit Gate	14
Playground	13
Permanent Perimeter Fence	11
Computer Room	10
Library/Learning Resource Center	10
Temporary Perimeter Fence	10
Canteen	7
Clinic	7
Faculty Room	6
Science Laboratory	4
Conference Room	3
Covered Court	3
Supply Room	3
Home Economic Room	2
Data File Room/Records Room	1
Industrial Arts Room	1
Paved Pathway	1
Roofing	1
Solar Panel	1

List of schools

Every school in Sta. Cruz South, SDO Zambales in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Sta. Cruz South, SDO Zambales: 18 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Acoje Elementary School	59	6	3
Acoje National High School	90	9	14
Bayto Elementary School	501	18	23
Bolitoc Elementary School	373	14	14
Bolitoc Elementary School Annex	193	8	7
Don Brigido Miraflor Integrated School	1,155	37	40
Don Marcelo C. Marty High School	805	4	21
Lipay High School	1,464	47	23
Lucapon South Elementary School	361	14	15
Lupa Elementary School	331	13	13
Mapalad Elementary School	100	6	5
Naulo Elementary School	261	9	9
Pecson Mem. Elementary School	254	7	9
Sabang Elementary School	208	8	14
San Fernando Elementary School	289	10	6
Sta Cruz South High School	498	26	12
Sta. Cruz South Central School	640	21	23
Tubotubo Elementary School	249	9	10

About this data

The figures for Sta. Cruz South, SDO Zambales exclude ALS centers, which DepEd does not assign to districts.

Each school year's figures for Sta. Cruz South, SDO Zambales 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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