List of the 10 Most Popular State Senior High Schools in Bali for the 2026 SPMB Phase I

The Phase I New Student Admission Selection for the 2026/2027 academic year at the senior high school and vocational school level officially closed on Monday (30/6/2026). Phase I comprised the affirmation, mutation, and achievement-based selection pathways. The Bali Education, Youth and Sports Office recorded the 10 most popular state senior high schools in Bali with high student fill rates during Phase I of the SPMB. SMAN 1 Amlapura recorded a fill rate of 88.15 percent, with 238 students passing the selection out of a 270-student capacity. This was exactly the same situation experienced by SMAN 2 Amlapura. Furthermore, SMAN 2 Negara also experienced a high fill rate of 84.7 percent, with 227 students passing the selection out of a 268-student capacity. It was followed by SMAN 2 Busungbiu with an 84.26 percent fill rate, where 91 students passed the selection out of a 108-student capacity. SMAN 1 Negara also saw a high fill rate of 82.83 percent, or 246 students passing the selection out of a 297-student capacity. In sixth place was SMAN 2 Mendoyo, with its fill rate reaching 81.23 percent, or 238 students passing the selection out of a 293-student capacity. It was followed by SMAN 1 Seririt with a fill rate of 78.4 percent, or 146 students passing the selection out of a 186-student capacity. Further down the list, SMAN 1 Melaya had a fill rate of 77.18 percent, or 186 students passing the selection out of a 241-student capacity. Then, SMAN 1 Gianyar recorded a 74.44 percent fill rate, or 201 students passing out of a 270-student capacity. Lastly, SMAN 4 Singaraja had a 73.83 percent fill rate, or 237 students passing out of a 321-student capacity. The Head of the UPTD Balai Pengembangan Teknologi Pendidikan at the Bali Education, Youth and Sports Office, I Komang Agus Kariasa, explained that these fill rates were due to varying levels of public interest. Additionally, the first phase was also attended by prospective students registering through the affirmation and mutation pathways. ‘In the first phase, from the 22nd to the 24th, students competed freely to take part in the selection for the achievement pathway,’ Kariasa said on Thursday (2/7/2026).