Table A39. Public Elementary Classroom to Pupil Ratio, SY 2007-2008 to SY 2009-2010 Province/City Marinduque Occ. Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Romblon Calapan City Pto. Princesa City MIMAROPA
SY 2007-2008 1:25.25 1:38.07 1:32.42 1:45.15 1:32.90 1:31.45 1:44.67
Classroom-Pupil Ratio SY 2008-2009 1:26.32 1:38.14 1:37.24 1:45.89 1:32.75 1:30.66 1:47.68 1:37.80
SY 2000-2010 1:25.91 1:38.76 1:34.65 1:43.48 1:32.21 1:31.47 1:45.21 1:36.59
Source: Department of Education IV-B
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Classrooms
As of SY 2009-2010, there are 16,160 classrooms in the MIMAROPA public schools, of which 12,397 are elementary and 3,763 are secondary. The number of classrooms in public elementary schools increased by 2.21% while an 8.76% increase was noted for classrooms in secondary public schools compared to SY 2007-2008. Oriental Mindoro recorded the highest number of classrooms for SY 2009-2010 with 3,123 in elementary public schools while Calapan City recorded the lowest number of classrooms for both elementary and secondary public schools. Table A40. Number of Classrooms in Public Elementary/Secondary Schools, by Province, SY 2007-2009 to SY 2009-2010 PROVINCE/CITY Marinduque Occidental Mindoro Oriental Mindoro Palawan Romblon Calapan City Puerto Princesa City MIMAROPA Region
ELEMENTARY 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 1,493 1,444 1,457 1,885 1,959 2,004 3,253 2,828 3,123 2,753 2,821 3,027 1,569 1,561 1,556 524 541 535 652 644 695 12,129 11,798 12,397
2007-2008 420 532 720 897 458 187 246 3,460
SECONDARY 2008-2009 2009-2010 417 447 563 605 623 771 859 926 470 514 182 192 237 308 3,351 3,763
Source: Department of Education IV-B
For the same period, the classroom-student ratio for the region was posted at 1:36 for elementary and 1:48 for secondary public schools. The region’s ratio is better than the national average of 1:45 for elementary public school. Among the seven divisions in the region, Palawan and Puerto Princesa City exceeded the standard ratio for elementary public schools, while all secondary public school districts, except for Marinduque are above the standard classroom-student ratio of 1:40, with Oriental Mindoro having the highest at 1:52 ratio.
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