Schools in Santa Monica (Sapao), Surigao del Norte

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

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

Summary

In SY 2024-25, 99% of the 2,320 learners in schools in Santa Monica (Sapao) attend public schools, against 85% nationally, and 1% attend private schools, against 14% nationally. Enrollment in schools rose 0.5% from SY 2023-24, with ALS not counted, as public schools grew 0.4% and private schools grew 60.0%.

Of the 21 cities and municipalities in Surigao del Norte, Santa Monica (Sapao) has the 18th most learners and the 15th most learners per teacher in public schools. All 13 reporting public schools have electricity, but two (15%) have no water, against 2% in CARAGA, and two (15%) have no internet, against 21% in CARAGA.

The most crowded public classrooms are at Rizal Elementary School, with 29 learners per classroom. Further on the page, the figures are shown by sector and level, and all 14 schools are listed with their learners, teachers and classrooms.

Schools: 14; No change from SY 2023-24; 13 public, 1 private
Community learning centers: 10; No change from SY 2023-24
Learners: 2,409; Down 11 from SY 2023-24
Teachers: 115; Up 2 from SY 2023-24
Classrooms: 116; Up 16 from SY 2023-24

Key findings

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

Santa Monica (Sapao) has the 18th most learners of the 21 cities and municipalities in Surigao del Norte, and the 15th most learners per teacher in public schools.
Enrollment in schools rose 0.5% from SY 2023-24 (ALS not counted); public schools grew 0.4% and private schools grew 60.0%.
Of the learners in schools, 99% are in public schools (85% nationally) and 1% in private schools (14% nationally).
Leaving out 2 schools whose figures are under review, the largest schools are Sapao Central Elementary School (303 learners), Rizal Elementary School (204 learners) and Alegria National High School (187 learners).
The most crowded public classrooms are at Rizal Elementary School, with 29 learners per classroom.
Of the 13 reporting public schools, all have electricity; 2 (15%) have no water, against 2% in CARAGA; 2 (15%) have no internet, against 21% in CARAGA.
The 13 public schools here with FY 2025 MOOE received ₱9.2 million. Across the 13 with FY 2024 MOOE and SY 2024-25 learners, FY 2024 MOOE came to ₱2,913 for each learner.

Learners

SY 2024-25: 2,409 learners, 2,320 in schools and 89 in community learning centers.

Learners, SY 2024-25
Learners	Number
All learners	2,409
In schools	2,320
In community learning centers (ALS)	89
Male	1,250
Female	1,159

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25

Learners by level and sector, SY 2024-25
Level	Public schools	Private schools	Community learning centers (ALS)	Total
Elementary	1,261	8	0	1,269
Junior High School	737	0	0	737
Senior High School	314	0	0	314
ALS Basic Literacy Program	0	0	20	20
ALS A&E elementary	0	0	19	19
ALS A&E secondary	0	0	50	50

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25

Learners by grade and sex, SY 2024-25
Grade	Male	Female	Total
Kindergarten	92	84	176
Grade 1	81	76	157
Grade 2	101	85	186
Grade 3	78	109	187
Grade 4	88	88	176
Grade 5	102	86	188
Grade 6	98	101	199
Grade 7	112	95	207
Grade 8	87	90	177
Grade 9	88	85	173
Grade 10	91	89	180
Grade 11	92	81	173
Grade 12	82	59	141
ALS Basic Literacy Program	11	9	20
ALS A&E elementary	15	4	19
ALS A&E secondary	32	18	50
All grades	1,250	1,159	2,409

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25

Senior High School learners by track, SY 2024-25
Track	Learners
Academic	147
Technical-Vocational-Livelihood	167
All tracks	314

Indigenous peoples (IP) learners by level and sex, SY 2024-25
Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary	1	3	4
Junior High School	1	1	2
All	2	4	6

Schools and community learning centers

SY 2024-25: 14 schools and 10 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	13
Private schools	1
Community learning centers (ALS)	10
All	24

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25

Schools by curricular offering, SY 2024-25
Offering	Number
Elementary only	11
Junior and senior high	3
Community learning centers (ALS)	10

Schools by subclassification, SY 2024-25
Subclassification	Number
DepEd managed	13
Community learning centers (ALS)	10
Sectarian	1

School personnel

SY 2024-25: 115 teachers and 21 non-teaching personnel in public schools.

Public school personnel by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Number
Teachers	115
Non-teaching personnel	21
All personnel	136

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25

Public school teachers by level, SY 2024-25
Level	Teachers
Elementary	65
Junior High School	36
Senior High School	14
All teachers	115

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	19.4
Junior High School	20.5
Senior High School	22.4

School resources

SY 2024-25: 116 classrooms and 140 toilets in public schools.

Classrooms: 116
Seats (approximate): 1,359
Toilets: 140
Functional computers: 638
Faucets: 288; 256 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	68	33	15
Learners per classroom	18.5	22.3	20.9
Seats (approximate)	729	437	193
Learners per seat	1.7	1.7	1.6
Toilets	88	36	16
Learners per toilet	14.3	20.5	19.6
Functional computers	150	268	220
Learners per computer	8.4	2.8	1.4

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	8	2
Junior High School	3	0
Senior High School	3	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	Grid and off-grid supply
Elementary	8	2
Junior High School	3	0
Senior High School	3	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	8	2
Junior High School	3	0
Senior High School	3	0

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25

Toilets in public schools by type, SY 2024-25
Type	Toilets
Female	31
Male	26
Shared	76
For persons with disabilities	7
All toilets	140

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	256
Without water	32
All faucets	288

Public schools with each facility, SY 2024-25
Facility	Schools
Entrance Gate	13
Temporary Perimeter Fence	12
School Garden	11
Playground	10
Paved Pathway	6
Exit Gate	4
Offices	4
Computer Room	3
Covered Court	3
Data File Room/Records Room	3
Home Economic Room	3
Permanent Perimeter Fence	3
Solar Panel	3
Supply Room	3
Canteen	2
Conference Room	2
Faculty Room	2
Library/Learning Resource Center	2
Science Laboratory	2
Student Co-Curricular Center	2
Clinic	1
Speech Laboratory	1

List of schools

Every school in Santa Monica (Sapao), Surigao del Norte in DepEd's data, linked to its own page.

Schools in Santa Monica (Sapao), Surigao del Norte: 14 schools, each with its own latest school year's figures
School	Sector	Learners	Teachers	Classrooms
Abad Santos Elementary School	Public	114	6	6
Alegria Elementary School	Public	131	7	7
Alegria National High School	Public	187	4	10
Bailan Elementary School	Public	57	4	4
Garcia Elementary School	Public	45	3	3
Libertad Elementary School	Public	148	7	8
Libertad National High School	Public	228	14	12
Mabini Elementary School	Public	73	5	5
Magsaysay Elementary School	Public	91	4	4
Rizal Elementary School	Public	204	8	7
Sapao Central Elementary School	Public	303	14	17
Sapao National High School	Public	636	32	26
Sta. Monica Children's Garden Learning Center, Inc.	Private	8	Not reported	Not reported
Tangbo Elementary School	Public	95	7	7

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

About this data

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 Santa Monica (Sapao), Surigao del Norte 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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