The objective was to determine the degree of correlation between anxiety and depression in teachers of the educational institutions of the Local Educational Management Unit 01, Lima - Peru, 2022. It is important to indicate that this study confirms the widespread prevalence of depression in the teaching community, which is related to how other studies have shown that it affects students’ academic performance. The method used was the hypothetical deductive, descriptive and cross-sectional correctional design. The population consisted of 60 regular elementary school teachers. Data were obtained through a survey, and two questionnaires based on the Likert scale were used as instruments. In addition, the same data were processed through the Spearman rho statistical analysis. The results indicate that there is a 0.854 correlation between both variables. Therefore, it is concluded that there is a positive or direct relationship between teachers’ anxiety and depression.