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Special education. School units and pupils. By ownership of centre. Counties and Aran

Special education. Pupils. By ownership of centre. Counties and Aran School year 2023/2024
State Private Total
Alt Camp 28 0 28
Alt Empordà 147 0 147
Alt Penedès 30 34 64
Alt Urgell 0 0 0
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0
Anoia 25 105 130
Aran 0 0 0
Bages 0 302 302
Baix Camp 165 57 222
Baix Ebre 69 65 134
Baix Empordà 69 0 69
Baix Llobregat 499 437 936
Baix Penedès 78 0 78
Barcelonès 868 1,818 2,686
Berguedà 7 42 49
Cerdanya 0 0 0
Conca de Barberà 0 33 33
Garraf 46 0 46
Garrigues 0 6 6
Garrotxa 0 88 88
Gironès 240 127 367
Lluçanès 0 0 0
Maresme 246 71 317
Moianès 0 0 0
Montsià 20 56 76
Noguera 0 19 19
Osona 24 81 105
Pallars Jussà 0 0 0
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0
Pla d'Urgell 51 0 51
Pla de l'Estany 0 0 0
Priorat 0 0 0
Ribera d'Ebre 0 26 26
Ripollès 19 0 19
Segarra 0 0 0
Segrià 142 42 184
Selva 152 0 152
Solsonès 11 0 11
Tarragonès 154 155 309
Terra Alta 0 0 0
Urgell 0 35 35
Vallès Occidental 574 713 1,287
Vallès Oriental 250 0 250
Catalonia 3,914 4,312 8,226
Source: Departament d'Educació i Formació Professional
Note: Special education in specific centres.

Last update: September 30, 2025.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Special education
Education that involves curricular care and adaptations designed for disabled pupils to carry out their education process while integrated in ordinary centres or specific centres when this is recommendable due to the seriousness and circumstances of the disability.

Methodological aspects

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on special education presented here corresponds to specific special education centres and specific special education groups located in ordinary centres. Integrated pupils are excluded.

Data are provisional.