Mandaluyong is host to a number of various public and private educational facilities that provide for the schooling needs of the city’s populace. There are 27 private schools in the city which accommodate both local students and those coming from neighboring cities and municipalities as well as the nearby provinces. Prominent among the private schools are the La Salle Greenhills and two (2) universities, the Jose Rizal University and the Rizal Technological University, the latter being a semi-government institution (Map 47). There are also a variety of computer schools which offer short-term as well as complete computer courses and college degrees. A number of vocational and technological schools offer curricular programs in trade and industry, home-making and business and commerce. Public education facilities comprise 16 elementary schools, and with the addition of the Andres Bonifacio Integrated School which started operation in SY 2002-2003, there are now five (5) secondary schools which cater to Mandaluyong residents. The spatial distribution of public schools (Map 48) reveals that the city is indeed sufficiently provided with public educational facilities. School compounds are efficiently situated within walking distance of 0.5 km. to 1.0 km. from its respective service areas, free from hazardous crossroads and heavy traffic. Accessibility is made easier by the presence of motorized tricycles for hire. There are, however, other factors (e.g. enrollment, school going-age population, and the actual number of classrooms and teachers, and others) that must be considered in order to assess efficiency of public education services in the city, such as: Public elementary schools vary in sizes from a small 5-classroom school facility to as large as 86-classroom school facility (Table 5.01), giving an aggregate of 532 classrooms as of SY 2003-2004. The three largest schools are Mandaluyong Elementary School (86 classrooms), Eulogio Rodriguez Elementary School (68 classrooms), and Highway Hills Elementary School (59 classrooms), each one housing a district office of the Division of City Schools-Mandaluyong City.

Table 5.01 Location and Number of Classrooms of Public Schools

School	Number of Classrooms		Location
	SY 2002-2003	SY 2003-2004
Elementary
Mandaluyong Elementary School	83	86	G. Aglipay Sy., Brgy. Poblacion
Filemon P. Javier Elementary School	5	5	Daang Bakal St., Brgy. San Jose
Renato Lopez Elmentary School	8	10	J. Rizal St., Brgy. Mabini-J. Rizal
Plainview Elmentary School	22	22	San Joaquin St., Brgy. Plainview
Isaac Lopez Elmentary School	35	35	E. Cruz St., Brgy. Vergara
Doña Basilica Yangco Elem. School	15	15	Segura St., Brgy. Namayan
Hulo Elementary School	49	49	Pantaleon St., Brgy. Hulo
Bonifacio Javier Elementary School	Transferred to Hulo Elem. Sch.		Barangka Drive St., Brgy. Barangka Drive
Eulogio Rodriguez Elementary School	68	68	P. Gomez St., Brgy. Hagdan Bato Itaas
Doña Pilar Gonzaga Elem. School	30	29	Gonzaga St., Brgy. Hagdan Bato Itaas
Andres Bonifacio Elementary School	41	31	Welfareville Comp., Brgy. Addition Hills
Nueve de Pebrero Elementary School	36	39	9 de Febrero St., Brgy. Addition Hills
Highway Hills Elementary School	53	59	Kanlaon St., Brgy. Highway Hills
Ilaya Barangka Elementary School	35	36	Lion’s Road, Brgy. Barangka Ilaya
Pedro P. Cruz Elementary School	42	41	Barangka Drive St., Brgy. Barangka Drive
Amado T. Reyes Elementary School	8	7	Brgy. Buayang Bato
TOTAL	530	532
Secondary
Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A.Gonzales	27	48	9 de Pebrero, Brgy. Mauway
Mandaluyong High School (Main)	55	55	Rev. Aglipay St., Brgy. Plainview
City of Mandaluyong Science HS	27	28	Pantaleon St., Brgy. Hulo
Bonifacio Javier National High School	27	35	Barangka Drive St., Brgy. Barangka Drive
Andres Bonifacio Integrated School	6	30	Welfareville Comp., Brgy. Addition Hills
TOTAL	142	196
Source: DepEd

In the secondary level, Mandaluyong High School (Main) has the largest facility with 55 classrooms, while the city’s Science High School is the smallest with only 28 classrooms. This gives an aggregate of 196 secondary classrooms for SY 2003-2004. All in all, at the latest, student-classroom ratios reach an average of 1:50 and 1:67, respectively, for elementary and secondary levels (Table 5.02).

Table 5.02 Student-Teacher and Student-Classroom Ratios by Level: Public Schools 1998-2000

School Year and Level	Current Enrollment	No. of Teachers	Student-Teacher Ratio	No. of Classrooms	Student-Classroom Ratio
SY 1999-2000
Elementary	26,617	713	37:1	487	54:1
Secondary	7,826	285	28:1	80	97:1
SY 2000-2001
Elementary	26,948	698	39:1	496	54:1
Secondary	8,237	234	35:1	100	82:1
SY 2002-2003
Elementary	26,232	738	36:1	530	49:1
Secondary	10,985	309	36:1	142	77:1
SY 2003-2004
Elementary	741	36:1	532	50:1
Secondary	410	32:1	196	67:1
Source: DepEd

Such high ratios indicate the need for more classrooms especially in the secondary level, which, at present, is being addressed by having morning and afternoon class-shifts with the latter even extending up to 8:00 o”clock to 9:00 o”clock in the evening. However, there are a sufficient number of public school teachers, with teacher-student ratios averaging to 1:36 and 1:32 in the elementary and secondary levels, respectively, which are still above the standard ratio of 1 teacher for every 40 students. Table 5.04 shows declining performances particularly the cohort-survival rates and completion rates. A considerable percentage of drop-outs for the elementary level is recorded raging from a low of 4.9 percent in SY 2000-2001 and leveling at 5.23 percent for the succeeding years. The secondary level registered a higher turn-out of drop-outs recorded at 7.76 percent, 9.26 percent and 8.78 percent respectively for the last three (3) school years. This may be attributed to the following reasons:

1. Lack of financial capability to cover transportation expenses and cost of school supplies and other requirements
2. Poor study habits due to lack of home supervision
3. Lack of motivation
4. Media influence
5. Peer pressure
6. Transfer of residence due to unavoidable circumstances

Table 5.04 Performance Indicators

Indicator	SY 2000-2001		SY 2001-2002		SY 2002-2003		SY 2003-2004
	Elem.	HS	Elem.	HS	Elem.	HS	Elem.	HS
Enrolment	27,173	8,256	27,277	9,719	27,769	11,161	28,511	13,168
Drop-out	1,334	641	1,427	900	1,451	980	–	–
Repetition Rate	2 %	3 %	1 %	4.5 %	2 %	4.8 %	–	–
Cohort Survival Rate	72 %	67.33 %	71 %	74 %	80 %	74.33 %	72 %	76 %
Retention Rate	90 %	86 %	94 %	87 %	92 %	79 %	95 %	99 %
Completion Rate	70 %	69 %	69 %	70 %	69 %	70 %	–	–
Transition Rate	96 %	87 %	95 %	81 %	95 %	84 %	–	–
Participation Rate	56 %	28 %	57 %	31 %	58 %	34 %	–	–
Literacy Rate	–		–		–		–
Source: DepEd

Enrollment in all levels continuously increased during the last three schools years with the year 2002-2003 (Table 5.05)

Table 5.05 Current School Year Enrollment (as of August 31) 2002-2003

Level	Male	Female	Total
Elementary
Prep	701	669	1,370
Grade 1	2,839	2,513	5,352
Grade 2	2,398	2,076	4,474
Grade 3	2,184	2,105	4,289
Grade 4	2,198	2,042	4,240
Grade 5	2,041	1,896	3,937
Grade 6	2,068	1,872	3,940
Total Grades (1-6)	13,728	12,504	26,232
Secondary
First Year	1,926	1,813	3,739
Second Year	1,537	1,636	3,173
Third Year	1,150	1,213	2,363
Fourth Year	740	970	1,710
Total Years (1-4)	5,353	5,832	10,985
Source: DepEd

having the highest registered number of students pegged at 41,679. There was considerable decrease of enrollment for the following school year (2003-2004) which registered 39,815 students only. However, the recent NSO results (Table 5.06) yielded high level of overall literacy among residents. Overall literacy rate is pegged at 99 percent with exactly one percent belonging to the illiterate group.

Table 5.06 Literacy of Household Population 10 Years Old and Over By Age Group and Sex

Age Group and Sex	Total
	Total	Literate	Illiterate
Both Sexes	214,500	212,082	2,418
10-14	24,131	23,398	733
15-19	26,190	25,889	301
20-24	31,015	30,865	150
25-29	28,966	28,877	89
30-34	24,874	24,758	116
35-39	19,895	19,611	284
40-44	16,328	16,219	109
45-49	12,980	12,862	118
50-54	10,328	10,292	36
55-59	6,257	6,172	85
60-64	5,362	5,244	118
65-69	3,417	3,371	46
70 and over	4,757	4,524	233
Male	102,930	101,934	996
10-14	12,291	11,919	372
15-19	12,153	12,075	78
20-24	14,142	14,097	45
25-29	14,044	13,979	65
30-34	12,263	12,202	61
35-39	9,716	9,612	104
40-44	7,983	7,920	63
45-49	6,420	6,385	35
50-54	4,977	4,966	11
55-59	3,034	2,981	53
60-64	2,518	2,483	35
65-69	1,527	1,507	20
70 and over	1,862	1,808	54
Female	111,570	110,148	1,422
10-14	11,840	11,479	361
15-19	14,037	13,814	223
20-24	16,873	16,768	105
25-29	14,922	14,898	24
30-34	12,611	12,556	55
35-39	10,179	9,999	180
40-44	8,345	8,299	46
45-49	6,560	6,477	83
50-54	5,351	5,326	25
55-59	3,223	3,191	32
60-64	2,844	2,761	83
65-69	1,890	1,864	26
70 and over	2,895	2,716	179
Source: NSO Census 2000