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

Primary education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Total. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Students
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 234,274 223,229 457,503
SY 2021/22 236,117 224,194 460,311
SY 2020/21 241,172 228,007 469,179
SY 2019/20 246,413 233,545 479,958
SY 2018/19 248,288 235,424 483,712
SY 2017/18 248,636 235,393 484,029
SY 2016/17 248,692 234,961 483,653
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: No s'inclouen els alumnes matriculats en zones escolars rurals, ZER.
Primary education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Public sector. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Students
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 160,367 150,951 311,318
SY 2021/22 161,492 151,370 312,862
SY 2020/21 164,579 153,724 318,303
SY 2019/20 167,973 157,341 325,314
SY 2018/19 168,985 158,453 327,438
SY 2017/18 169,086 158,398 327,484
SY 2016/17 168,921 157,783 326,704
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: No s'inclouen els alumnes matriculats en zones escolars rurals, ZER.
Primary education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Private sector. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Students
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 73,907 72,278 146,185
SY 2021/22 74,625 72,824 147,449
SY 2020/21 76,593 74,283 150,876
SY 2019/20 78,440 76,204 154,644
SY 2018/19 79,303 76,971 156,274
SY 2017/18 79,550 76,995 156,545
SY 2016/17 79,771 77,178 156,949
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: No s'inclouen els alumnes matriculats en zones escolars rurals, ZER.

Last update: April 3, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Primary education
Education that covers six years, from six years to twelve, and is compulsory. It is structured into three cycles, each of two academic years.

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

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 centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

Data are provisional.