Table 388.

Pupils per teacher in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by level of education and country: Selected years, 1985 through 2005

Country	Elementary															Junior high school (lower secondary)													Senior high school (upper secondary)
	1985		1990		1996	2000		2002		2003		2004		2005		1985	1990	1996	2000		2002		2003		2004		2005		1985	1990	1996	2000		2002		2003		2004		2005
1	2		3		4	5		6		7		8		9		10	11	12	13		14		15		16		17		18	19	20	21		22		23		24		25
Australia	13.8	1	—		18.1	17.3		16.9		16.6		16.4		16.2	1	—	—	—	—		12.5	2,3	12.4	2,3	12.3	2,3	12.1	1,2,3	3.2	—	—	—		12.5	2,3	12.4	2,3	12.3	2.3	12.1	1,2,3
Austria	11.3		11.6		12.7	—		14.4		14.4		15.1		14.1		9.2	7.7	9.2	—		9.8		10.0		10.4		10.6		15.2	12.4	8.5	—		10.3		10.2		11.0		11.3
Belgium	—		—		—	15.0		13.1		13.1		12.9		12.8		—	—	—	9.7	2	9.3	2	10.6		10.6		9.4		—	—	—	9.7	2	9.3	2	9.6		9.2		9.9
Canada	18.1		17.1		17.0	18.1		—		—		—		—		16.0	15.5	20.0	18.1		—		—		—		—		16.0	15.3	19.5	19.5		—		—		—		—
Czech Republic	(4)		(4)		—	19.7		18.9		18.3		17.9		17.5		(4)	(4)	—	14.7		14.4		14.3		13.5		13.5		(4)	(4)	—	11.5		12.9		12.6		12.6		12.8
Denmark	12.7		11.2		11.2	10.4		10.9	5	10.8	5	11.3	5	11.9	5	10.2	9.3	10.1	11.4		10.9	5	10.8	5	11.3	5	11.9	5	14.8	13.3	12.1	14.4		14.2		13.4		—		—
Finland	—		—		—	16.9		15.8		16.6		16.3		15.9		—	—	—	10.7		10.6		9.8		10.0		10.0		—	—	—	17.0		16.0		15.9		16.2		18.0
France	—		—		19.5	19.8		19.4		19.4		19.4		19.4		—	—	—	14.7		13.7		13.7		14.1		14.2		—	—	—	10.4		10.6		10.6		10.3		10.3
Germany6	20.7		20.3		20.9	19.8		18.9		18.7		18.8		18.8		16.9	14.6	16.0	15.7		15.7		15.6		15.6		15.5		23.7	21.0	13.1	13.9		13.6		13.7		13.9		14.0
Greece	—		—		—	13.4		12.5		12.1		11.3		11.1		—	—	—	10.8		9.3		8.7		8.2		7.9		—	—	—	10.5		9.3		8.6		8.4		8.8
Hungary	—		—		—	10.9		10.8		10.6		10.7		10.6		—	—	—	10.9		10.7		10.6		10.2		10.4		—	—	—	11.4		13.1		13.2		12.3		12.2
Iceland	—		—		—	12.7	5	11.4	5	11.3	5	11.4	5	11.3	5	—	—	—	12.7	5	11.4	5	11.3	5	11.4	5	11.3	5	—	—	—	9.7		10.6		10.7		11.1		10.8
Ireland	—		—		22.6	21.5		19.5		18.7		18.3		17.9		—	—	—	15.9	2	14.3	2	13.7	2	14.3	2	15.5	2	7.2	8.3	—	15.9	2	14.3	2	13.7	2	14.3	2	15.5	2
Italy	12.8		10.7		11.2	11.0		10.6		10.9		10.7		10.6		9.6	8.5	10.8	10.4		9.9		10.3		10.3		10.1		10.8	10.7	9.8	10.2		10.3		10.8		11.5		11.0
Japan	—		20.8	1	19.7	20.9		20.3		19.9		19.6		19.4		—	18.6	16.2	16.8		16.2		15.7		15.3		15.1		—	16.2	15.6	14.0		13.7		13.5		13.2		13.0
Korea, Republic of	—		—		—	32.1		31.4		30.2		29.1		28.0		—	—	—	21.5		20.7		19.9		20.4		20.8		—	—	—	20.9		16.5		16.0		15.9		16.0
Luxembourg	—		—		—	15.9	1	11.6	1	10.8	1	—		—		—	—	—	9.2	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2	—	—	—	9.2	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2	9.0	1,2
Mexico	—		—		—	27.2		26.9		26.7		28.5		28.3		—	—	—	34.8		31.5		32.4		33.7		33.7		—	—	—	26.5		24.3		24.0		25.2		25.8
Netherlands	20.2		19.2		20.0	16.8		17.0		16.0		15.9		15.9		12.7	12.4	—	17.1	2	15.9	2	15.7	2	15.8	2	16.2	2	—	—	—	17.1	2	15.9	2	15.7	2	15.8	2	16.2	2
New Zealand	20.1		19.1		22.0	20.6		19.6		19.9		16.7		18.1		—	—	18.1	19.9		19.4		18.8		17.3		16.8		—	—	14.1	13.1		13.8		10.9		12.5		12.9
Norway	—		—		—	12.4		11.5		11.7	1	11.9	1	—		—	—	—	9.9		10.3		10.4	1	10.5	1	—		—	—	—	9.7		9.2		9.2	1	9.6	1	—
Poland	—		—		—	12.7		12.8		11.9		—		11.7		—	—	—	11.5		14.1		12.6		—		12.7		—	—	—	16.9		13.7		13.5		—		12.9
Portugal	—		—		—	12.1		11.0		—		11.1		10.8		—	—	—	10.4		9.3		—		10.0		8.2		—	—	—	7.9		7.5		—		7.3		8.0
Slovak Republic	(4)		(4)		—	18.3		20.1		19.4		18.9		18.9		(4)	(4)	—	13.5		14.0		13.9		13.9		14.1		(4)	(4)	—	12.8		13.3		14.0		14.2		14.3
Spain	26.8		21.2		18.0	14.9		14.6		14.3		14.3		14.3		21.4	18.8	17.8	11.9	2	13.7		13.3		12.9		12.5		15.3	14.8	14.2	11.9	2	8.3		7.9		8.0		8.1
Sweden	11.6		10.6		12.7	12.8		12.5		12.3		12.1		12.2		10.8	10.2	12.2	12.8		12.2		12.1		11.9		12.0		13.1	11.9	15.2	15.2		14.1		14.1		14.0		14.0
Switzerland	—		—		—	—		—		—		14.3	1	14.6	1	—	—	—	—		—		—		11.2	1	11.7	1,3	—	—	—	—		—		—		11.1	1	10.5	1,3
Turkey	31.1		30.6		—	30.5		27.5		25.9		26.5		25.8		41.3	48.4	—	—		†		†		†		†		11.0	12.1	—	14.0		17.7		18.0		16.9		16.2
United Kingdom	19.7		22.0		21.3	21.2		19.9		20.0	3	21.1		20.7	1	—	18.5	16.0	17.6	3	17.6	3	17.4	3	17.1		17.0	1,3	11.1	13.9	15.3	12.5	3	12.5	3	12.6	3	12.3	3	11.8	1,3
United States	17.0		15.6		16.9	15.8		15.5		15.5		15.0		14.9		16.5	15.9	17.5	16.3		15.5		15.5		15.2		15.1		16.2	15.8	14.7	14.1		15.6		15.6		16.0		16.0

— Not available. † Not applicable. 1 Public schools only. 2 Junior high school and senior high school data are combined. 3 Includes only general programs in junior high school and senior high school. 4 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year. 5 Elementary school data and junior high school data are combined. 6 Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany. NOTE: In the U.S. data in this table, elementary corresponds to grades 1 through 6, junior high school corresponds to grades 7 through 9, and senior high school corresponds to grades 10 through 12. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education Online Database; Annual National Accounts, Vol. 1, 1997; and Education at a Glance, 2002 through 2007. (This table was prepared August 2007.)