Comprehensive schools had 553,800 pupils in 2024
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Read more about the changeAccording to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 553,800 pupils in 2024. Of them, 8,000 attended pre-primary education connected to schools, 352,000 pupils in total attended grades 1 to 6 and 194,100 pupils attended grades 7 to 9. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils were girls and 51 per cent were boys.
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- In 2024, the total number of pupils in pre-primary education was 49,700.
- Comprehensive schools had 553,800 pupils.
- Altogether 7,300 pupils attended preparatory education for comprehensive education.
- A total of 5,250 were studying in lower secondary education for adults and it was completed by 1,240 students.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Students and qualifications [online publication].
Reference period: 2024. ISSN=1798-7679. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 25.8.2025].
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