Paco Catholic School

Paco Catholic School is a co-institutional private school located in the district of Paco in the City of Manila, Philippines. Paco Catholic school started in November, 1912 as an informal class for 50 young boys inside the chapel in the Peñafrancia section of the district by Raymond Esquinet, CICM, who was succeeded by Fr. Godofredo Aldenhuijsen, CICM. On May 14, 2022, in the 325th anniversary of the arrival of the Peñafrancia image in Manila and the 70th anniversary of the Parish, Jose Advincula solemnly declared the Paco Chapel, the same site of PCS, now Parish Church, the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Peñafrancia.

The school moved to a wooden structure in Trece de Agosto Street, Paco, where it still stands. It is the largest parochial school in the Philippines and now serving approximately 5,000 students.

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.