DepEd Regional and Division Offices: Verified Directory

TL;DR: DepEd has 18 regional offices covering NCR, CAR, BARMM, Regions I through XIII, and the Negros Island Region (NIR), each overseeing multiple schools division offices (SDOs) within its territory. NIR was reestablished as its own region in 2024 under RA 12000, separate from Regions VI and VII. This guide lists every regional office's verified address, phone, and email from DepEd's own directory, plus the SDOs for NCR and CALABARZON (Region IV-A) — including the frequently searched Quezon, Rizal, and CALABARZON offices. Division offices handle enrollment disputes, student records, and teacher applications; regional offices handle policy and appeals a division couldn't resolve. Coverage here is limited to what DepEd's official page verifies; for divisions outside NCR and CALABARZON, go straight to the source linked below.

Finding the right DepEd office is harder than it should be, because "DepEd" isn't one office, it's a three-tier structure: the Central Office in Pasig, 18 regional offices, and well over 200 schools division offices (SDOs) under them. Searches like "DepEd Quezon" or "DepEd Rizal" usually mean the province-level SDO, not the regional office, and the two aren't in the same building. This guide lists every verified DepEd regional office nationwide, then the SDOs for NCR and CALABARZON specifically, since those generate the most search traffic. Every address, phone number, and email below comes directly from DepEd's official regional and division offices directory. If you're chasing Form 137 or SF10 records, your SDO is almost always the right first stop, not the regional office.

What Does a DepEd Regional Office Handle vs. a Division Office?

A schools division office (SDO) is where most parent, student, and teacher transactions happen: enrollment disputes, requests for Form 137 or SF10 when a school has closed, teacher hiring and the Registry of Qualified Applicants, and oversight of individual public schools within a city or province. A regional office sits above multiple SDOs, sets region-wide policy, coordinates budget releases, and hears appeals that a division office couldn't resolve at its level.

In practice: if your concern is about one school, one student, or one teacher application, start at the SDO covering that school's location. Escalate to the regional office only if the division office cannot act or you're appealing a division-level decision. Regional offices are not equipped to process individual student records requests directly.

Disclaimer: office locations, phone numbers, and named officials change. Confirm current details on DepEd's official directory before visiting or calling.

DepEd Regional Offices: Full Verified Directory

DepEd operates one regional office for each of the following: NCR, CAR, BARMM, Regions I through XIII, and the Negros Island Region (NIR) — 18 regions in total, per DepEd's own directory. NIR was reestablished as its own region under RA 12000, signed June 11, 2024, separate from Regions VI and VII. An earlier version of NIR, created by Executive Order 183, s. 2015, was revoked in 2017 by Executive Order 38, s. 2017 on cost grounds, which is why many older sources still show Negros Occidental under Region VI and Negros Oriental under Region VII. The table below is drawn directly from DepEd's official directory page.

DepEd's own directory lists Negros Island Region as a separate region with its own regional director, distinct from Regions VI and VII: its schools division offices cover Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, and their component cities, and Region VII's listing now covers only Cebu and Bohol (12 SDOs). DepEd's central directory page does not publish a headquarters address, phone, or email for the NIR regional office the way it does for other regions, so the address, phone, and email above come from NIR's own regional office site, depednir.net, rather than DepEd's central directory. That Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental location tracks RA 12000's cluster assignment, which places DepEd in the "Human Development Cluster" seated in Negros Oriental. Regional offices occasionally relocate, so confirm this address before visiting or mailing anything.

DepEd NCR Schools Division Offices

NCR is split into multiple city-based SDOs rather than one region-wide office. Here are the ones with the highest search volume, all verified from DepEd's directory:

Note the pattern: nearly every NCR city has its own SDO, so "DepEd NCR" as a single office does not process individual school transactions. Go to the division office for the specific city where the school is located.

DepEd's CALABARZON (Region IV-A) Schools Division Offices

This is the region most searched by name alongside Quezon and Rizal. CALABARZON's regional office sits in Cainta, Rizal, but each province and several major cities have their own separate SDOs:

A common mix-up: Quezon Province and Lucena City have separate SDOs even though Lucena sits inside Quezon geographically, and the same split applies to Rizal Province versus Antipolo City. Confirm which office covers your specific school before sending documents to the wrong address.

As DepEd's own directory page states, it provides contact details for "Regional and Division Offices" nationwide, with the department noting that details are subject to updates as offices change officials and locations.

Why This Directory Stops at NCR and CALABARZON

DepEd operates schools division offices for every province and many individual cities nationwide, well over 200 in total. Rather than reproduce addresses we could not directly verify for every region, this guide covers what DepEd's own directory confirms for NCR and CALABARZON, the two areas generating the most search traffic for "DepEd [province] office."

For any other province or city, including Central Luzon, Bicol, the Visayas, and Mindanao divisions, go directly to DepEd's official regional and division offices directory and search for your specific division. That page is the single source of truth DepEd itself maintains, and it's more current than any third-party list, including this one.

How to Use This Directory

• Match the office to your actual concern. Records requests, enrollment issues, and teacher hiring questions go to your SDO. Policy disputes and unresolved appeals go up to the regional office.
• Call before visiting. Phone lines listed above route through multiple local extensions and can be inconsistent; a short call confirms the office is still at that address before you travel.
• Check for a city-specific division first. If your school is in a major city, check whether that city has its own SDO (as Lucena, Antipolo, and most NCR cities do) before defaulting to the surrounding province's office.
• Use official channels for anything involving original records. Email addresses above are the SDOs' general inboxes; requests for documents like Form 137 or SF10 may require an in-person visit or a specific request format the division sets.

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Sources

• DepEd — Regional and Division Offices Directory (official)
• DepEd Negros Island Region — official regional office site (address, phone, email)
• Republic Act No. 12000 — An Act Establishing the Negros Island Region (Official Gazette)
• Executive Order No. 38, s. 2017 — Revoking Executive Order No. 183, s. 2015 (Official Gazette)
• SchoolFinderPH — Form 137 and SF10 Guide
• SchoolFinderPH — How to Become a Teacher in the Philippines
• SchoolFinderPH — Class Suspension Rules in the Philippines