History
Established in 1953, it was first known as Bago Bantay Academy, a kamalig-type structure that was made as a cradle of young minds in the metro. In its first year of operation, there are only 62 students.
Ten years later in 1963, Justice Carmelino Gomez Alvendia, Sr. of the Court of Appeals, offered to buy Bago Bantay Academy in its chronic stage of decay. In its first year of operation with Justice Alvendia, Bago Bantay Academy changed its name to Quezon City Academy. There was only one section per year with a total school population of 89 students. Also in that year, Bago Bantay made a relocation area for squatters from Sampaloc to Intramuros, Manila. But there was a big public school was established nearby, the San Francisco High School (formerly Don Mariano Marcos High School), and it became one of the rivals of Quezon City Academy. QCA was receiving minimal patronage from the people it aimed to serve.
Justice Alvendia, an educator and an economist, was a visionary. He made renovations in Quezon City Academy until it become one of the famous IT secondary schools in the Philippines. But before that, in 1965, enrolment rose to 132. In the 1980s, the population rises to 2,700 students with almost 450 graduates every year. It is clear that patronage of residents of Bago Bantay, Project 7, Project 8, Sto. Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas in Quezon City has been won over by QCA.
Tuition and other fees in QCA are far less than that charged by other private schools in Quezon City, whereas education in the Academy has always maintained its high standard, especially in terms of information technology. In the 1997-1998 National Secondary Assessment Test, QCA carded a general average of 98.9%.
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