Did you know that . . . ?

Spain has a total of 8.034.226 students, of which only 8,7% are in private schools

• 1.188.734 students in Infants school (66,2% in state schools)
• 2.471.161 students in Primary school (66,7% in state schools)
• 26.923 students in Special Education (48,9% in state schools)
• 1.906.226 students in Secondary education (65,8% in state schools)
• 720.415 students in Bachillerato (Sixth form) (75,8% in state schools)
• 6.805.226 students in professional training (72,9% in state schools)
• 1.499.000 students at University (67,7% in state schools)

According to the Ministry of Education, school attendance in Spain has reached 100% amongst 4 to 15 year olds.   For 16 to 17 year olds the figure drops to 85,4%.  For 18 to 20 year olds it drops to 60,9%.  32,9% of 21 to 24 year olds are in further education and only 7,5% of 25 to 29 year olds continue studying.

There are 474.397 teaching staff working the public sector in Spain made up of:

• 223.722 are school teachers.
• 149.543 are secondary school teachers.
• 137.000 are technical FP teachers (provide vocational training for 14 to 18 year olds)
• 81.022 are university professors.

4,5% of gross domestic product is spent on education : 4.500 millon euros.  This is the lowest of all EU countries (El Mundo.es)

There are now 1,000 infant, primary and secondary state schools in Spain that teach bilingually.