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Published: 14 November 2019
Comprehensive schools had 564,100 pupils in 2019
According to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 564,100 pupils in 2019. The number of pupils in comprehensive schools increased by 0.6 per cent from the year before. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils in comprehensive schools were girls and 51 per cent were boys.
Pupils in comprehensive school by region in 2019
Region of school | Active comprehensive schools |
Pupils total | Boys | Girls |
Whole country, total | 2 288 | 564 100 | 288 924 | 275 176 |
Mainland Finland, total | 2 267 | 561 106 | 287 393 | 273 713 |
Uusimaa | 523 | 170 419 | 87 364 | 83 055 |
Varsinais-Suomi | 201 | 45 382 | 23 247 | 22 135 |
Satakunta | 113 | 21 128 | 10 849 | 10 279 |
Kanta-Häme | 83 | 17 536 | 9 104 | 8 432 |
Pirkanmaa | 165 | 53 622 | 27 201 | 26 421 |
Päijät-Häme | 64 | 19 429 | 10 001 | 9 428 |
Kymenlaakso | 81 | 15 613 | 7 975 | 7 638 |
South Karelia | 37 | 11 528 | 5 786 | 5 742 |
Etelä-Savo | 71 | 12 309 | 6 377 | 5 932 |
Pohjois-Savo | 112 | 23 497 | 12 101 | 11 396 |
North Karelia | 74 | 14 610 | 7 375 | 7 235 |
Central Finland | 110 | 28 794 | 14 790 | 14 004 |
South Ostrobothnia | 131 | 21 077 | 10 801 | 10 276 |
Ostrobothnia | 115 | 20 150 | 10 395 | 9 755 |
Central Ostrobothnia | 54 | 8 268 | 4 229 | 4 039 |
North Ostrobothnia | 204 | 53 610 | 27 431 | 26 179 |
Kainuu | 32 | 6 714 | 3 456 | 3 258 |
Lapland | 97 | 17 420 | 8 911 | 8 509 |
Åland, total | 21 | 2 994 | 1 531 | 1 463 |
Åland | 21 | 2 994 | 1 531 | 1 463 |
In all, 11.6 per cent of comprehensive school pupils received intensified support in autumn 2019 and 8.5 per cent special support. More about this topic in the statistics on special education to be released in June 2020.
In autumn 2019, a total of 437 children of statutory school age were being home-schooled. In autumn 2019, a total of 668 children received a one-year postponement in starting basic education. There were 1,332 children of statutory school age temporarily residing abroad in autumn 2019.
The number of pre-primary education pupils was 59,652 of whom 9,445 were in pre-primary education in schools and 50,207 in day care.
There were 2,288 active comprehensive schools in autumn 2019, which was 53 schools fewer than in the year before. Municipalities ran 95 per cent of the comprehensive schools.
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Vesa Hämäläinen 029 551 2594, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
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Updated 14.11.2019
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Pre-primary and comprehensive school education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3725. 2019. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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