Finland: number of pupils in comprehensive schools 2021

This statistic shows the number of pupils in comprehensive schools in Finland for the year 2021, broken down by type of school. During that year, the number of pupils on grades one to six amounted to almost 367 thousand, while the number of pupils on grades seven to nine was around 185 thousand. More than one thousand pupils attended the additional 10th grade in order to improve their school leaving certificate from comprehensive school.

Number of pupils in comprehensive schools in Finland in 2021, by type of school

Characteristic	Number of pupils
Pre-primary education	9,663
Grades 1-6 (lower comprehensive school)	366,922
Grades 7-9 (upper comprehensive school)	185,349
Additional education (10th grade)*	1,031

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March 2022

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Finland

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Comprehensive schools are schools providing compulsory nine-year general education. These include lower comprehensive school grades 1-6 and upper comprehensive school grades 7-9.

The source adds the following information: "Starting from 2020, the data are based on the education administration's Koski database, as well as on data from Statistics and Research Åland and the European School of Helsinki."

* 10th grade is a voluntary year of comprehensive school for pupils, who want to enhance their studying skills and improve their school leaving certificate. Unlike in previous years, the figures on additional education also include pupils in educational institution categories 15, 21 and 63 starting from 2020.

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