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St. Gabriel International School
A small Pasig school with a strong local reputation for university placement and small classes, rather than an international school in the expat sense. Best read as a Filipino college-preparatory option that uses the international label.
In brief
A small Pasig school with a strong local reputation for university placement and small classes, rather than an international school in the expat sense. Best read as a Filipino college-preparatory option that uses the international label.
Located in the St. Paul Compound off Sandoval Avenue in Palatiw, Pasig. Class sizes are capped around 25, and the school reports that more than 90 percent of graduates progress to their first-choice university locally or abroad. The student body is mostly Filipino, with a small expat presence.
Families considering it for a globally mobile child should weigh the narrow co-curricular offer against the more established IB and Cambridge schools in BGC and Makati. The strongest fit is a Pasig-based family that wants a structured, traditional academic environment without the BGC fee level.
Reviews
- Most public signal is school-side or aggregator copy; independent forum discussion is effectively absent.
- Listings cite a 25-student class cap and a small Pasig City campus running pre-school through senior high.
- Aggregator scores hover around across a tiny review pool, so don't read much into the digit.
- One parent flagged a thin co-curricular offer outside the timetable, with limited subject clubs for stronger students.
- No substantive complaint pattern surfaces in open forums. Treat this as thin data.
Head of school
Mildred A. Go
Dr. Mildred A. Go laid the foundations of Manila Xiamen International School and St. Gabriel International School with her expertise in education. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of the Philippines with a dissertation focused on cross-cultural learning in international schools. After successfully managing MXIS in Xiamen, she established SGIS in the Philippines to serve children of returning overseas Filipinos and dependents of foreign nationals. She has received multiple international honors for her educational contributions.
Location
512 Sandoval Avenue, St Paul Compound Ln, Palatiw, Pasig, 1600 Metro Manila, Philippines