Palaka Elementary School
School ID 117321 · Public elementary school · Barangay Palaka Sur, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental · Negros Island Region (NIR)
Summary
Palaka Elementary School teaches 163 learners in SY 2024-25 across 11 classrooms, with electricity, water and internet. With nine teachers it has one teacher for every 18 learners, fewer learners per teacher than at 81% of the division's other public elementary schools, and the page carries a review note on this figure.
Enrollment fell 3% to 163 from SY 2023-24, and the page carries a review note on that figure, while the division's public schools fell 3.6%. Divided across its 163 learners of SY 2024-25, its FY 2024 MOOE comes to ₱2,337 a learner, against a median of ₱1,599 across the 468 public elementary schools in the division with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, and the page carries a review note on this figure.
Its ratios can be checked against the medians of the division, the region and the Philippines on the page.
- Learners
- 163
- Down 5 from SY 2023-24
- Teachers
- 9
- Down 1 from SY 2023-24
- Classrooms
- 11
- Down 2 from SY 2023-24
- Learners per teacher
- 18.1
- Up 1.3 from SY 2023-24
- Division median 23.6
- Learners per classroom
- 14.8
- Up 1.9 from SY 2023-24
- Division median 24.4
Key findings
- Enrollment fell 3% to 163 from SY 2023-24, while the division's public schools fell 3.6%. See the note on DepEd's figures
- Tied as the 340th largest of 468 public elementary schools in the Schools Division of Negros Occidental. See the note on DepEd's figures
- Each teacher has 18 learners, fewer than at 81% of the division's other public elementary schools. See the notes on DepEd's figures
- Each classroom has 15 learners, fewer than at 94% of the 466 other public elementary schools in the division that report classrooms. See the notes on DepEd's figures
- Its FY 2025 MOOE of ₱608,000 is less than at 73% of the division's other public elementary schools. In FY 2024 it was ₱381,000.
- Its FY 2024 MOOE is ₱2,337 for each of the 163 learners of SY 2024-25, against a median of ₱1,599 across the 468 public elementary schools in the division with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners. See the note on DepEd's figures
- The nearest public schools with junior high are Valladolid National High School (0.7 km), Enriqueta Montilla De Esteban MHS (3.6 km) and Ramon Torres National High School (5.4 km), straight-line.
Enrollment
SY 2024-25: 163 learners, down 5 from SY 2023-24.
| Grade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| All grades | 80 | 83 | 163 |
Teachers and staff
Its 18.1 learners per teacher is below the Negros Occidental median of 23.6 for elementary schools.
| Teachers | 9 |
|---|---|
| Non-teaching personnel | 1 |
| Learners per teacher | 18.1 |
| Negros Occidental division median | 23.6 |
| Negros Island Region median | 23.8 |
| National median | 22.3 |
Staff by position
| Teacher I | 4 |
|---|---|
| Teacher III | 4 |
| Head Teacher III | 1 |
| Master Teacher I | 1 |
Classrooms and facilities
Its 14.8 learners per classroom is below the Negros Occidental median of 24.4 for elementary schools.
- Classrooms
- 11
- 14.8 learners per classroom
- Other rooms
- 11
- Seats (approximate)
- 15
- 10.9 learners per seat
- Toilets
- 26
- 6.3 learners per toilet
- Faucets
- 23
- 20 with water, 3 without
- Functional computers
- 5
- 32.6 learners per computer
- Electricity
- Grid supply
- Water supply
- Yes
- Internet access
- Yes
Toilets by type, as a table
| Female | 8 |
|---|---|
| Male | 4 |
| For persons with disabilities | 2 |
| Shared | 12 |
| All toilets | 26 |
Other facilities
- Canteen
- Clinic
- Computer Room
- Conference Room
- Entrance Gate
- Flood Marker
- Industrial Arts Room
- Library/Learning Resource Center
- Permanent Perimeter Fence
- Playground
- School Garden
- Science Laboratory
- Student Co-Curricular Center
- Supply Room
- Youth Development Center
MOOE
FY 2025: ₱608,000, up ₱227,000 from FY 2024.
| Fiscal year | Elementary | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ₱321,000 | ₱321,000 |
| 2024 | ₱381,000 | ₱381,000 |
| 2025 | ₱608,000 | ₱608,000 |
How it compares
It is compared with the 468 elementary schools in the Negros Occidental division, itself included, in SY 2024-25.
| Measure | This school | Division median | Schools with as many or fewer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learners per teacher | 18.1 | 23.6 | 19% |
| Learners per classroom | 14.8 | 24.4 | 6% |
| Learners per toilet | 6.3 | 17.2 | 2% |
| Learners per computer | 32.6 | 38.6 | 46% |
Location
Barangay Palaka Sur, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental
Legislative district: 4th District
Map point: 10.4861, 122.81928
Nearest schools
About this data
Notes on DepEd's figures
- One or more resources (teachers, rooms, seats or toilets) are far from what is typical for a school this size.
- A figure changed unusually much between SY 2023-24 and SY 2024-25.
Figures for school ID 117321 come from DepEd's school data for SY 2023-24 and SY 2024-25 as of 25 October 2025. How the data was checked