Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 2002/03-2012/13

1 Primary and lower secondary schools¹. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school². School years 2002/03-2012/13
School year	Schools, total	Type of school²			Pupils

School year	Schools, total	Primary schools	Combined primary and lower secondary schools	Lower secondary schools	Total	Primary school	Lower secondary school	Pupils in other classes³

2002/03	3 333	2 055	758	520	612 714	433 744	176 077	2 893
2003/04	3 298	2 006	770	522	619 674	433 088	182 897	3 689
2004/05	3 281	1 986	780	515	620 778	430 558	186 899	3 321
2005/06	3 243	1 950	790	503	622 031	430 049	188 832	3 150
2006/07	3 210	1 932	774	504	621 013	431 543	189 470
2007/08	3 181	1 898	777	506	618 589	429 585	189 004
2008/09	3 131	1 858	773	500	616 139	426 769	189 370
2009/10	3 068	1 802	769	497	615 927	424 052	191 875
2010/11	3 028	1 768	763	497	615 973	423 333	192 640
2011/12	3 000	1 749	758	493	614 413	423 374	191 039
2012/13	2 957	1 714	752	491	614 894	424 993	189 901

¹	From 2011/2012 special schools and ordinary schools are merged. In order to have comparable figures, special schools and ordinary schools have been merged also for previous years.
²	Pupils in Norwegian schools abroad are not included.
³	Pupils in other groups are included in the total number of pupils from 2006/2007.