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This study aimed to investigate the obstacles of school facilities management as perceived by public school leaders, in Assir School District. The study was a descriptive research design and categorized as a survey research. The researcher used a questionnaire to collect the data. The questionnaire consisted of (41) items, which were classified into three dimensions: administrative obstacles, technical obstacles, and material and human obstacles. The participants of this study were (286) school leaders in Assir School District during school year of 2016-2017. To analyze the data, the means, standard deviations, t test for independent samples, and One Way ANOVA were used. The study found that the obstacles of school facilities management were scored high with mean score of (3.93). Additionally, there were no statistically significant differences between groups with different gender, level of education, and school level regarding the obstacles of school facilities management. On the other hand, there were statistically significant differences between groups with different administrative experience regarding the obstacles of school facilities management. Finally, the researcher provided some implications for practices and further future research. (Published abstract)