Mahay Integrated Secondary School is located in the swampland areas interconnected with the waterways joined by the Agusan River identified as a danger zones, river banks, and flood-prone areas in Butuan City, is a 5 kilometers distance from the foot of the Magsaysay Bridges beneath the heart of the city in Rizal Park now Guingona Park with three (3) small concreted building , and six 6) makeshift classroom lies where 17 teachers at present and lead by a school head, teaches a class of 413 students from Grade 7 to Grade 12.

It is accessible by riding a habal-habal motorcycle as there were no other means of transportation used in going to school station or you have to rode your own motorbike as mostly male teachers used to do. From the city proper to school location this will take 5 kilometers.

Barangay Mahay is an agricultural area, with chief products of rice, coconut, bananas, vegetables, root crops, corn and bamboo furniture making. Most people means of livelihood are farmers, government employees, private firms employees, OFW’s and other contractual workers. The population is increasing since the barangay had been a relocation site of Gawad Kalinga, and urban center.