Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, 1 October 2008

The number of public schools decreased by 40, and the number of private schools decreased by 3. By 2008 there were 154 private schools in Norway. The number of pupils has also decreased in the last year. In total there were 614 000 pupils in primary and lower secondary schools; a reduction of 2 400 pupils from the previous year. The number of pupils in private schools was 15 400, or 2.5 per cent of all pupils.

More pupils received additional language training in Norwegian

Nearly41 000 pupils, or 7 per cent of all pupils, received additional language training in Norwegian. That corresponds to an increase of almost 1 000 pupils. More than 22 000 pupils received native language training and/or a bilingual education. Somali, Urdu and Arabic were the most popular languages, with 2 570, 2 440 and 1 913 pupils respectively.

Tables:

• Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1980/81 - 2008/09
• Table 2 Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, by county. School year 2008/09. Preliminary numbers
• Table 3 Primary and lower secondary pupils and primary and lower secondary schools, by ownership. School years 1985/86-2008/09
• Table 4 Pupils in primary school, by grade. School year 2008/09. Final figures.
• Table 5 Pupils, by school size (number of pupils). School years 2003/04 - 2008/09. Per cent.
• Table 6 Pupils with native language training, bilingual education and additional training in Norwegian, by county. 1 October 2008
• Table 7 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian. School years 19921
• Table 8 Pupils receiving mother language traning or biligual education, by mother tongue. 1 October 2008
• Table 9 Pupils, by official form of Norwegian and county. 1 October 2008