Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, 1 October 2006

Traditionally there have been few private schools in Norway. In 1985, the number of private schools was 38, or 1 per cent of all primary and lower secondary schools. The number of private schools increased gradually until a new school policy resulted in a sharp rise in private schools from 88 in 2000 to 145 in 2005. With the change of government in 2005, this policy was stopped, resulting in only one more private school in 2006.

There are 619 038 pupils in primary and lower secondary education in Norway, 2 per cent of these attend private schools.

Tables:

• Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1979/80 - 2006/07
• Table 2 Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, by county. School year 2006/07. Preliminary numbers
• Table 3 Primary and lower secondary pupils and primary and lower secondary schools, by ownership. School years 1985/86-2006/07
• Table 4 Pupils in primary school, by grade. School year 2006/07. Final figures
• Table 5 Pupils, by school size (number of pupils). School years 2001/02 - 2006/07. Per cent
• Table 6 Pupils with native language training, bilingual education and additional training in Norwegian, by county.
  1 October 2006
• Table 7 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian. School years 1992/93-2006/07
• Table 8 Pupils receiving mother language traning or biligual education, by mother tongue. 1 October 2006
• Table 9 Pupils, by official form of Norwegian and county. 1 October 2006