Philippine schools overseas
Summary
The 35 Philippine schools overseas held 24,855 learners in SY 2024-25. Enrollment rose 6.0% from SY 2023-24, not counting ALS. Philippine School Doha is the largest, with 3,828 learners, followed by The Philippine School (2,486) and United International Private School (1,813).
Among schools with 100 or more learners in both years, leaving out two schools whose enrollment figures are under review, International Migrants Schools grew fastest (+26%), and Second Philippine International School fell most (−8%). Of the 10 countries, the United Arab Emirates has the most learners, at 10,310.
The list of countries comes next, with the figures by sector and level in charts and tables.
- Schools
- 35
- Up 2 from SY 2023-24
- 35 Philippine schools overseas
- Learners
- 24,855
- Up 1,407 from SY 2023-24
Key findings
For SY 2024-25 and all schools, whatever is chosen above.
- Enrollment in schools rose 6.0% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted).
- The largest schools are Philippine School Doha (3,828 learners), The Philippine School (2,486 learners) and United International Private School (1,813 learners).
- Leaving out 2 schools whose enrollment figures are under review, enrollment grew fastest at International Migrants Schools (+26%) and fell most at Second Philippine International School (−8%), among schools with 100 or more learners in both years.
- Of the 10 countries, United Arab Emirates has the most learners (10,310).
Learners
SY 2024-25: 24,855 learners.
| Learners | Number |
|---|---|
| All learners | 24,855 |
| Male | 12,603 |
| Female | 12,238 |
| Not broken down by sex | 14 |
| Level | Learners |
|---|---|
| Elementary | 14,570 |
| Junior High School | 7,690 |
| Senior High School | 2,581 |
| Grade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 912 | 921 | 1,833 |
| Grade 1 | 1,179 | 1,115 | 2,294 |
| Grade 2 | 1,099 | 1,021 | 2,120 |
| Grade 3 | 1,047 | 1,051 | 2,098 |
| Grade 4 | 1,055 | 1,100 | 2,155 |
| Grade 5 | 1,041 | 981 | 2,022 |
| Grade 6 | 1,034 | 1,014 | 2,048 |
| Grade 7 | 1,000 | 1,044 | 2,044 |
| Grade 8 | 981 | 969 | 1,950 |
| Grade 9 | 979 | 891 | 1,870 |
| Grade 10 | 943 | 883 | 1,826 |
| Grade 11 | 722 | 675 | 1,397 |
| Grade 12 | 611 | 573 | 1,184 |
| Broken down by grade | 12,603 | 12,238 | 24,841 |
| Track | Learners |
|---|---|
| Academic | 2,573 |
| Arts and Design | 8 |
| All tracks | 2,581 |
| Level | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 56 | 103 |
| Elementary | 900 | 840 | 1,740 |
| Junior High School | 743 | 704 | 1,447 |
| All | 1,690 | 1,600 | 3,290 |
| Level | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Elementary | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Junior High School | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Senior High School | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| All | 14 | 10 | 24 |
Schools and community learning centers
SY 2024-25: 35 schools.
| Sector | Number |
|---|---|
| Philippine schools overseas | 35 |
| Offering | Number |
|---|---|
| Elementary only | 1 |
| Elementary and junior high (K to 10) | 7 |
| Kindergarten to Grade 12 | 27 |
| Subclassification | Number |
|---|---|
| School abroad | 35 |
DepEd's public report has staff and facilities data for public schools only.
Countries
10 countries, each with its SY 2024-25 schools and learners in every sector.
| Name | Schools | Learners |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 1 | 106 |
| East Timor | 1 | 98 |
| Greece | 1 | 73 |
| Italy | 2 | 163 |
| Kingdom of Bahrain | 1 | 1,042 |
| Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 14 | 6,046 |
| Qatar | 2 | 5,631 |
| State of Kuwait | 2 | 1,009 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 1 | 377 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 10,310 |
About this data
- 14 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.
Each school year's figures count the Philippine schools overseas that DepEd lists for 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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