Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1980/81

1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school¹. School years 1980/81 - 2009/10
School year	Schools, total	Type of school			Pupils

School year	Schools, total	Primary schools	Combined primary and lower secondary schools	Lower secondary schools	Total	Primary school²	Lower secondary school¹	Pupils in other classes²

1980/81	3 518	2 454	598	466	591 323	390 758	197 800	2 765
1985/86	3 524	2 373	667	484	534 000	335 373	195 058	3 569
1990/91	3 406	2 253	667	486	473 078	309 432	162 347	1 299
1995/96	3 285	2 129	675	481	477 236	320 752	156 484	-
2000/01	3 260	2 066	705	489	590 471	426 475	162 040	1 956
2005/06	3 160	1 943	737	480	619 640	429 207	187 856	2 577
2006/07	3 131	1 900	757	474	619 038	430 737	188 301	-
2007/08	3 102	1 859	766	477	616 388	428 650	187 738	-
2008/09	3 059	1 822	759	478	614 033	425 756	188 277	-
2009/10	2 997	1 758	767	472	613 928	423 194	190 734	-

¹	Pupils in special schools and Norwegian schools abroad are not included.
²	From 1980/81 to 1996/97 primary school contained 1st-6th grade and lower secondary school 7th - 9th grade. From 1997/98 primary school contains 1st - 7th grade and lower secondary school 8th - 10th grade.
³	Pupils in other groups are included in the total number of pupils from 2006/2007. Pupils in 10th grade 1979/80-1996/97. Pupils in special groups and foreign language groups from 1997/98.