San Pablo City National High School(Filipino: Pambansang Mataas na Paaralan ng Lungsod ng San Pablo) is one of the 12 functioning public secondary schools of San Pablo City. Located in F. Mariño St., Lakeside Park Subdivision, Brgy. VI-D, San Pablo City, it provides free secondary education for the people of the city and neighboring towns with a science curriculum. Abbreviated as SPCNHS, students nicknamed it "City High" or "City High Main".

History

The school was founded on November, 1969 and was called San Pablo City High School. When it was founded students had to pay fees. In 1988, it was changed to San Pablo City National High School and became a public high school as prescribed by Republic Act No. 6655 which was signed into law on May 26, 1988 by President Corazon Aquino. Beginning in the 1990s, SPCNHS had affiliated annexes in different barangays of the city. Thus, SPCNHS bears the name "San Pablo City National High School-Main" because it is the main campus. But beginning the 2000s, each annexes became independent public high schools. SPCNHS is recognized by the DepEd.

Curriculum

SPCNHS follows the regular curriculum as prescribed by the DepEd.

!CURRICULUM (Regular Section)

Subject	First Year	Second Year	Third Year	Fourth Year
English	Grammar 1	Grammar 2	Afro-American Literature	World Literature
Mathematics	Elementary Algebra	Intermediate Algebra	Geometry	Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry & Statistics
Science & Technology	General Science	Biology	Chemistry	Physics
Filipino	Balarila/Ibong Adarna	Teksto/Florante at Laura	Panitikang Pilipino/Noli Me Tangere	Panitikang Asyano/El Filibusterismo
Araling Panlipunan	Kasaysayan at Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas	Araling Asyano	Kasaysayan ng Daigdig	Ekonomiks
MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health)	MAPEH 1	MAPEH 2	MAPEH 3	MAPEH 4/CAT(Citizenship Advancement Training)
TLE (Technology & Livelihood Education)¹	optional	optional	optional	optional
Values Education	optional	optional	optional	optional

¹SPCNHS offers the following TLE courses: Cosmetology, Agriculture, Computer, Home Economics and Electricity.

Faculty and Staff

SPCNHS has 91 teachers as of March 29, 2007. They are grouped into seven departments each is headed by a department head. There are eleven teachers under English, 15 under Mathematics, 16 under Science and Technology, 13 under Filipino, 13 under Araling Panlipunan, 10 under MAPEH, and 13 under T.L.E. In addition, 11 serve as administrative staff. All of these is headed by a secondary school principal.

Sections

SPCNHS has twelve regular sections and one science section for each level.