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Published: 14 November 2017

Comprehensive schools had 556,700 pupils in 2017

According to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 556,700 pupils in 2017. The number of pupils in comprehensive schools increased by 1.2 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 2017

Region of school	Active comprehensive schools	Pupils total	Boys	Girls
Whole country, total	2 384	556 742	285 339	271 403
Mainland Finland, total	2 361	553 852	283 851	270 001
Uusimaa	538	165 398	84 547	80 851
Varsinais-Suomi	211	44 787	22 953	21 834
Satakunta	115	21 303	10 976	10 327
Kanta-Häme	87	17 748	9 130	8 618
Pirkanmaa	175	52 251	26 629	25 622
Päijät-Häme	70	19 333	9 938	9 395
Kymenlaakso	84	16 084	8 234	7 850
South Karelia	39	11 546	5 839	5 707
Etelä-Savo	76	12 788	6 620	6 168
Pohjois-Savo	115	23 429	12 095	11 334
North Karelia	72	14 609	7 438	7 171
Central Finland	113	28 174	14 410	13 764
South Ostrobothnia	134	21 186	10 882	10 304
Ostrobothnia	127	19 922	10 279	9 643
Central Ostrobothnia	55	8 116	4 151	3 965
North Ostrobothnia	215	53 193	27 349	25 844
Kainuu	34	6 833	3 544	3 289
Lapland	101	17 152	8 837	8 315
Åland, total	23	2 890	1 488	1 402
Åland	23	2 890	1 488	1 402

In all, 10.0 per cent of comprehensive school pupils received intensified support in autumn 2017 and 8.0 per cent special support. More about this topic in the statistics on special education to be released in June 2018.

The number of pre-primary education pupils was 61,000 of whom 10,600 were in pre-primary education in schools and 50,400 in day care.

There were 2,384 active comprehensive schools in autumn 2017, which was 65 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 14.11.2017