Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Primary and lower secondary schools

3 Primary and lower secondary pupils1 and primary and lower secondary schools, by ownership. School years 1985/86-2009/10
School year Total of schools Of which private Total of pupils Of which private
1985/86 3 525 38  534 000 4 356
1990/91 3 406 48  473 078 5 619
1995/96 3 285 63  477 236 7 268
2000/01 3 260 88  590 471 10 053
2005/06 3 160  150  619 640 14 450
2006/07 3 131  152  619 038 14 868
2007/08 3 102  157  616 388 15 395
2008/09 3 059  154  614 033 15 423
2009/10 2 997  156  613 928 15 837
1  Primary and lower secondary school was extended by one grade from school year 1997/98 and the age for starting school was moved from 7 to 6 years.

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