Education statistics. Primary and lower secondary schools

1   Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1979/80-2002/03
School year Schools, total Type of school Pupils
Primary schools Combined primary and lower secondary schools Lower secondary schools Pupils, total Total Primary school1 Lower secondary school1 Pupils in other classes2
1979/80 3 500 2 464  570  466  593 767  590 908  395 123  195 785 2 859
1980/81 3 518 2 454  598  466  591 323  588 558  390 758  197 800 2 765
1981/82 3 526 2 439  609  478  586 141  583 513  384 121  199 392 2 628
1982/83 3 539 2 435  623  481  576 910  573 912  373 155  200 757 2 998
1983/84 3 543 2 408  646  489  565 497  561 802  362 146  199 656 3 695
                   
1984/85 3 540 2 383  667  490  550 136  545 879  347 768  198 111 4 257
1985/86 3 525 2 374  667  484  534 000  530 431  335 373  195 058 3 569
1986/87 3 509 2 349  672  488  519 867  517 348  325 577  191 771 2 519
1987/88 3 500 2 331  678  491  505 942  503 682  317 228  186 454 2 260
1988/89 3 475 2 308  676  491  492 769  491 308  312 384  178 924 1 461
                   
1989/90 3 442 2 280  674  488  482 964  481 730  310 600  171 130 1 234
1990/91 3 406 2 253  667  486  473 078  471 779  309 432  162 347 1 299
1991/92 3 389 2 242  660  487  467 501  466 509  308 516  157 993  922
1992/93 3 352 2 208  659  485  463 309  463 082  307 461  155 621 3 227
1993/94 3 325 2 172  669  484  466 605  466 374  309 889  156 485 3 231
                   
1994/95 3 308 2 147  674  487  470 779  470 755  314 062  156 693 324
1995/96 3 285 2 129  675  481  477 236  477 236  320 752  156 484 -
1996/974 3 308 2 145  673  490  487 398  487 398  330 619  155 623 -
1997/98 3 273 2 088  700  485  558 247  556 752  401 640  155 112 1 495
1998/99 3 277 2 086  706  485  569 044  567 265  411 878  155 387 1 779
                   
1999/00 3 272 2 075  709  487  580 261  578 084  419 805  158 279 2 177
2000/01 3 260 2 066  705  489  590 471  588 515  426 475  162 040 1 956
2001/02 3 248 2 051  709  488  599 492  597 540  429 445  168 095 1 952
2002/03 3 237 2 045  701  491  610 297  607 739  432 618  175 121 2 558
1  From 1979/80 to 1996/97 primary school contained 1st - 6th grade and lower secondary school 7th - 9th grade. From 1997/98 primary school contains 1st - 7th grade and lower secondary school 8th - 10th grade.
2  Pupils in 10th grade 1979/80-1996/97. Pupils in special classes and foreign language classes from 1997/98.
3  Pupils in 10th grade covered by the school budget of the local authority.
4  1996/97 pupils at Norwegian schools abroad and pupils in special classes and pupils in foreign language classes are included.

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