Paco Catholic School is a co-institutional private school operated and managed by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. The school is located in the district of Paco in the City of Manila, Philippines. Paco Catholic school started in 1912 as an informal class for a handful of young boys inside the chapel in the Peñafrancia section of the district by Rev. Fr. Raymond Esquenet, CICM. It now serves approximately 8,500 students.
The school is also known in the southern manila district as a school with quality and excellent education. It actively participates, and sometimes host, many inter-school competitions. Students from the grade school department were the grand champion in the Junior Pinoy Henyo.
The school celebrated 100th Foundation Anniversary or its Centennial Year in 2012.
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