At present, the Department operates with four (4) Undersecretaries in the following areas:
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Finance and Administration
- Governance and Operations
- Legal and Legislative Affairs
Four (4) Assistant Secretaries are assigned in the following areas:
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Finance and Administration
- Governance and Operations
- Legal and Legislative Affairs
Supporting the Office of the Secretary (OSEC) at the Central Office are the different strands, services, bureaus, and divisions.
There are five (5) strands under OSEC:
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Finance and Administration
- Governance and Operations
- Legal and Legislative Affairs
- Strategic Management
Five (5) attached agencies:
- Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council
- National Book Development Board (NBDB)
- National Council for Children's Television (NCCT)
- National Museum
- Philippine High School for the Arts
Three (3) coordinating councils:
- Adopt-a-School Program (ASP) Coordinating Council
- Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC)
- Teacher Education Council (TEC)
At the sub-national level, the Field Offices consist of the following:
- Seventeen (17) Regional Offices, and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM*), each headed by a Regional Director (a Regional Secretary in the case of ARMM).
- Two hundred twenty-one (221) Provincial and City Schools Divisions, each headed by a Schools Division Superintendent. Assisting the Schools Division Offices are 2,602 School Districts, each headed by a District Supervisor.
Under the supervision of the Schools Division Offices are 62,605 schools, broken down as follows:
- 49,209 elementary schools (38,648 public and 10,561 private)
- 13,396 secondary schools (7,976 public and 5,420 private)