The relationship between school environment and student engagement (2023) has garnered attention, as studies have shown that a positive school environment can foster a greater student engagement (Garcia & Cuizon , 2013;Lawson & Masyn , 2015) and their perception on the school environment is associated on their engagement (Wang & Eccles, 2013). For 1instance, Yang et al. (2022) emphasized the importance of social dimension of a school environment, such as supportive teacher-student relationships and teacher autonomy support to maximize student engagement. In addition, the recent study of Fatou and Kubiszewski (2018) revealed that student engagement is associated on the perception of students toward the school environment. According to Lombardiet al. (2020), school environment indicates the distinctiveness of an academic institution. It is a set of relationships that take place among the members of the school community that can be determined by structural, personal, and functional factors of the school. In the literature review conducted by Kutsyuruba et al. (2015), they enumerated the three categories of school environment which they referred as “dimension of school climate”. First, the physical dimension which pertains to the conditions of the school facilities, environmental quality of the schools and their influence with the academic performance and students’ behavior. Second, the academic dimension which refers to the teacher’s skills and characteristics as the factors of students’ academic development. Lastly, the social dimension which suggests that the fundamental structure of the school environment revolved on the quality of relationships occur among the member of the community. Primarily, research on the school environment is mostly associated with its influence on students, such as their academic performance ( Dela Rosa, 2019; Lagumbay et al., 2023) learning experiences ( Mahat et al., 2022), and student engagement ( Shernoff et al., 2016). The school environment can influence the health of students and school employees , who spend a large amount of daily life in school settings. The school environment comprises components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework: the physical environment and social-emotional climate (SEC). Collectively, the physical environment and SEC can affect how students and employees engage in healthy dietary and physical activity (PA) behaviors behaviors that are associated with academic achievement and performance, reduced absenteeism among students, or higher job performance and satisfaction, low absenteeism, and positive physical and emotional health outcomes for school employees. The school environment includes the physical aspects of a school building, such as the quality of the structures, as well as the social-emotional components of student engagement, opportunities for students to connect with the school community through activities and relationships, as well as a school’s ability to ensure that students are emotionally and physically safe.6 An optimal school environment incorporates the physical structure as a facilitator to encourage healthy behaviors and to foster opportunities to support social-emotional well-being. The physical environment encompasses the entire school building and grounds, including spaces for PA, physical education, and food preparation and consumption. The SEC includes the social factors that can affect an individual’s emotional well-being and behaviors, such as interactions with peers and school employees and school policies, practices, and programs related to discipline, mental health, and social-emotional learning (SEL).A positive SEC helps create safe and supportive learning environments that can affect student engagement in school activities and relationships with other students, employees, family, and community. Developing and maintaining a healthy school environment may support healthy dietary behavior and PA behaviors.