This section provides the most recent available data on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary to upper secondary education levels (ISCED levels 0-3). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of the categories of institutions providing publicly-subsidised adult education and training can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of data.
Type of educational institution in English (and in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Public | Government-dependent private | Private independent | |||
Preprimary school (École maternelle) | 0 | (-) | 14 058 | 13 881 | (:) | (:) |
Elementary school (École élémentaire) | 0 | (-) | 16 280 | 15 966 | (:) | (:) |
Primary school (École primaire) | 0, 1 | (-) | 20 154 | 15 055 | (:) | (:) |
Middle school (Collège) | 2 | G | 7 197 | 5 290 | 1 662 | 245 |
General and technological high school (Lycée général et technologique) | 3 | G | 2 646 | 1 612 | 874 | 188 |
Vocational high school (Lycée professionnel) | 3 | V | 1 399 | 819 | 359 | 241 |
Apprentice training centre (Centre de formation des apprentis – CFA) | 3 | V | 936 | (:) | (:) | (:) |
Source: Repères et références statistiques 2019, Ministère de l’éducation nationale et de la jeunesse, 2019 (last accessed on September 25th, 2019) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education | ||||||
| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26) | ||||||
Notes :
Note 1: In private pre-primary and primary education, the data do not distinguish between government-dependent and independent institutions. Therefore, it is not possible to provide such data. Out of the non-public educational institutions that provide only ISCED level 0 (pre-primary schools), only ISCED level 1 (elementary schools) or both ISCED level 0 and 1 (primary schools):
- 4,714 are government-dependent and 876 are independent private
- there are 177 preprimary schools and 314 elementary schools. All the remaining ones are “Écoles primaires”, which cover both pre-primary and primary education.
Note 2: The available data do not make it possible to distinguish Apprentice training centre according to public or private governance.
Note 3: ISCED 4 training is not presented here because it does not constitute institutions as such in France. These courses can be followed remotely or face-to-face, and are organized by higher education institutions. Moreover, the ISCED 4 level in France is marginal in terms of student population (34,600 students in 2017, compared to 2,704,900 for ISCED level 3).
Note 4: The data presented on this page is counted using the "legal entity approach".
| Type of educational institution in English and (in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Public | Government-dependent institutions | Private independent | |||
Regional adapted teaching institutions (Établissement régional d'enseignement adapté) | 2, 3 | G, V | 79 | 78 | (:) | (:) |
Source: Repères et références statistiques 2019, Ministère de l’éducation nationale et de la jeunesse, 2019 (last accessed on September 25th, 2019) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education | ||||||
| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26). | ||||||
Note 1: see Établissement régional d'enseignement adapté in glossary for more information. These institutions always provide both General and Vocational education.
Note 2: Data of EREAs is not available according to the type of private institution. There is only one private institution among such schools.
Note 3: The data presented on this page is counted using the "legal entity approach".