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Published: 14 November 2018

Comprehensive schools had 560,500 pupils in 2018

According to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 560,500 pupils in 2018. The number of pupils in comprehensive schools increased by 0.7 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 2018

Region of school	Active comprehensive schools	Pupils total	Boys	Girls
Whole country, total	2 341	560 503	287 088	273 415
Mainland Finland, total	2 319	557 560	285 579	271 981
Uusimaa	533	168 260	86 006	82 254
Varsinais-Suomi	204	45 102	23 073	22 029
Satakunta	114	21 243	10 925	10 318
Kanta-Häme	86	17 700	9 101	8 599
Pirkanmaa	172	52 727	26 849	25 878
Päijät-Häme	67	19 320	9 945	9 375
Kymenlaakso	82	15 812	8 083	7 729
South Karelia	37	11 579	5 835	5 744
Etelä-Savo	74	12 601	6 509	6 092
Pohjois-Savo	115	23 543	12 175	11 368
North Karelia	72	14 248	7 244	7 004
Central Finland	109	28 426	14 583	13 843
South Ostrobothnia	134	21 166	10 877	10 289
Ostrobothnia	121	20 032	10 339	9 693
Central Ostrobothnia	55	8 132	4 168	3 964
North Ostrobothnia	212	53 544	27 472	26 072
Kainuu	33	6 793	3 508	3 285
Lapland	99	17 332	8 887	8 445
Åland, total	22	2 943	1 509	1 434
Åland	22	2 943	1 509	1 434

In all, 11.0 per cent of comprehensive school pupils received intensified support in autumn 2018 and 8.0 per cent special support. More about this topic in the statistics on special education to be released in June 2019.

The number of pre-primary education pupils was 61,500 of whom 10,000 were in pre-primary education in schools and 51,500 in day care.

There were 2,341 active comprehensive schools in autumn 2018, which was 43 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 14.11.2018