Schools in Paco, Manila

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

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

Summary

Paco has the seventh most learners of the 14 districts in Manila, with 18,503 learners in its 12 schools in SY 2024-25 and another 415 in ALS. Enrollment in its schools fell 3.3% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted: public schools fell 3.5%, while private schools fell 2.6%.

Of the learners in its schools, 76% are in public schools, against 85% nationally, and 24% are in private schools, against 14% nationally. The most crowded public classrooms are at Manuel A. Roxas High School, with 45 learners per classroom, and that school is also the largest in Paco, with 4,441 learners.

The charts and tables on this page break the figures down by sector and level, and the list of schools shows the learners, teachers and classrooms of each.

Schools: 12; Down 1 from SY 2023-24; 6 public, 6 private
Community learning centers: 7; Down 1 from SY 2023-24
Learners: 18,918; Down 763 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 618; Down 60 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 406; Up 9 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Paco has the 7th most learners of the 14 districts in Manila, and the 7th most learners per teacher in public schools among the 13 that report teachers.
Enrollment in schools fell 3.3% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools fell 3.5% and private schools fell 2.6%.
Of the learners in schools, 76% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 24% in private schools (14% nationally).
The largest schools are Manuel A. Roxas High School (4,441 learners), Fernando Ma. Guerrero E.S. (3,842 learners) and Paco Catholic School, Inc. (2,678 learners).
The most crowded public classrooms are at Manuel A. Roxas High School, with 45 learners per classroom.
Of the 6 reporting public schools, all have electricity; all have water; all have internet.
The 6 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱20.6 million. Across the 6 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱1,363 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 18,918 learners, 18,503 in schools and 415 in community learning centers.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	18,918
In schools	18,503
In community learning centers (ALS)	415
Male	9,585
Female	9,311
Not broken down by sex	22

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

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 22 not broken down by level
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Community learning centers (ALS)	Total
Elementary	8,131	1,822	0	9,953
Junior High School	4,403	1,758	0	6,161
Senior High School	1,531	836	0	2,367
ALS Basic Literacy Program	0	0	7	7
ALS A&E elementary	0	0	52	52
ALS A&E secondary	0	0	356	356

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

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25: at least these numbers; 22 not broken down by grade
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	581	576	1,157
Grade 1	751	689	1,440
Grade 2	774	680	1,454
Grade 3	712	697	1,409
Grade 4	678	736	1,414
Grade 5	640	702	1,342
Grade 6	760	767	1,527
Grade 7	820	747	1,567
Grade 8	771	681	1,452
Grade 9	828	752	1,580
Grade 10	756	806	1,562
Grade 11	598	641	1,239
Grade 12	520	608	1,128
Special needs, non-graded (elementary)	155	55	210
ALS Basic Literacy Program	5	2	7
ALS A&E elementary	36	16	52
ALS A&E secondary	200	156	356
Broken down by grade	9,585	9,311	18,896

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	1,432
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	935
All tracks	2,367

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	1	1	2
Junior High School	2	5	7
Senior High School	1	4	5
All	4	10	14

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 12 schools and 7 community learning centers.

Schools and community learning centers by sector, SY 2024-25

Schools and community learning centers by sector, SY 2024-25
Sector	Number
Public schools	6
Private schools	6
Community learning centers (ALS)	7
All	19

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	5
Kindergarten to Grade 12	4
Junior and senior high	3
Community learning centers (ALS)	7

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
Community learning centers (ALS)	7
DepEd managed	6
Non-sectarian	5
Sectarian	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 618 teachers and 75 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	618
Non-teaching personnel	75
All personnel	693

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	311
Junior High School	255
Senior High School	52
All teachers	618

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	26.1
Junior High School	17.3
Senior High School	29.4

School resources

SY 2024-25: 406 classrooms and 380 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 406
Seats (approximate): 13,873
Toilets: 380
Functional computers: 3,638
Faucets: 579; 506 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	261	107	38
Learners per classroom	31.2	41.2	40.3
Seats (approximate)	6,894	5,035	1,944
Learners per seat	1.2	0.9	0.8
Toilets	203	131	46
Learners per toilet	40.1	33.6	33.3
Functional computers	1,558	1,862	218
Learners per computer	5.2	2.4	7.0

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	4	0
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	2	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	4
Junior High School	2
Senior High School	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	4	0
Junior High School	2	0
Senior High School	2	0

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	179
Male	144
Shared	49
For persons with disabilities	8
All toilets	380

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	506
Without water	73
All faucets	579

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Canteen	6
Clinic	6
Computer Room	6
Conference Room	6
Covered Court	6
Entrance Gate	6
Exit Gate	6
Offices	6
Permanent Perimeter Fence	6
Supply Room	6
Library/Learning Resource Center	5
School Garden	5
Faculty Room	4
Data File Room/Records Room	3
Home Economic Room	3
Paved Pathway	3
Roofing	3
Science Laboratory	3
Gymnasium	2
Industrial Arts Room	2
Playground	2
Flood Marker	1
Museum	1
Solar Panel	1
Speech Laboratory	1
Youth Development Center	1

List of schools

Every school in Paco, Manila in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Paco, Manila: 13 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Carlos P. Garcia High School	Public	1,493	82	46
Dr. Celedonio A. Salvador Elementary School	Public	1,244	49	53
Escoda Learning Center, Inc.	Private	0	Not reported	Not reported
Fernando Ma. Guerrero E.S.	Public	3,842	143	100
Justo Lukban Elementary School	Public	2,500	90	88
La Concordia College	Private	843	Not reported	Not reported
Malayan High School of Science	Private	136	Not reported	Not reported
Manuel A. Roxas High School	Public	4,441	225	99
Paco Catholic School, Inc.	Private	2,678	Not reported	Not reported
Paco Citizen Foundation Academy	Private	165	Not reported	Not reported
Silahis Ng Katarungan Special School	Public	545	29	20
St. Peter the Apostle School	Private	582	Not reported	Not reported
Yellow Star Pre-School	Private	34	Not reported	Not reported

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

About this data

22 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.

Each school year's figures for Paco, Manila 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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