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Working and Classroom Conditions: Staff ratios and class size

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Table 5. Average number of students and staff and average staff ratios in schools where lower secondary education teachers work (includes both public and private schools) and average class size in lower secondary education, by education system: 2013 (NOTE: this is a 2-part table. See Part 1 \| Part 2)
Education system	Number of students in schools¹		Number of teachers in schools¹		Ratio of students to number of teachers²
Education system	Average	(S.E.)	Average	(S.E.)	Average	(S.E.)
Australia	814.2	(51.46)	66.6	(4.16)	12.3	(0.19)
Brazil	586.0	(12.83)	33.8	(1.28)	19.1	(0.56)
Bulgaria	345.0	(9.68)	25.9	(0.63)	12.5	(0.28)
Chile	483.7	(20.20)	25.7	(1.21)	20.4	(1.83)
Croatia	433.0	(20.59)	39.4	(1.81)	10.8	(0.62)
Cyprus	364.1	(20.02)	49.5	(1.81)	7.1	(0.21)
Czech Republic	341.7	(7.72)	26.0	(0.60)	13.0	(0.17)
Denmark	401.4	(13.16)	32.8	(1.27)	12.1	(0.22)
Estonia	297.3	(17.29)	32.2	(1.23)	7.7	(0.18)
Finland	348.0	(12.27)	33.1	(0.89)	10.0	(0.17)
France	542.9	(16.33)	39.9	(1.06)	13.6	(0.34)
Iceland	247.8	(13.22)	27.0	(1.17)	8.4	(0.24)
Israel	494.2	(35.39)	47.7	(3.36)	10.8	(0.51)
Italy	794.6	(29.28)	85.8	(2.50)	9.8	(0.31)
Japan	357.3	(9.66)	24.2	(0.62)	20.3	(3.58)
Korea, Republic of	567.2	(14.05)	31.7	(0.68)	15.5	(0.33)
Latvia	295.1	(10.25)	32.8	(1.13)	9.1	(0.80)
Malaysia	1,151.1	(20.58)	82.7	(1.05)	13.6	(0.23)
Mexico	416.8	(23.23)	25.4	(0.95)	15.1	(0.70)
Netherlands	869.9	(71.40)	74.4	(6.12)	11.4	(0.24)
Norway	257.0	(13.61)	29.1	(1.51)	8.5	(0.25)
Poland	220.6	(9.35)	27.2	(0.93)	7.9	(0.30)
Portugal	1,152.5	(51.85)	109.5	(4.69)	10.5	(0.21)
Romania	474.0	(21.58)	31.6	(1.44)	15.1	(0.48)
Serbia	554.6	(21.44)	45.1	(1.67)	11.8	(0.41)
Singapore	1,251.4	(34.95)	91.1	(3.19)	14.0	(0.17)
Slovak Republic	314.3	(8.98)	25.0	(0.61)	12.1	(0.20)
Spain	545.4	(26.28)	44.5	(1.76)	11.8	(0.31)
Sweden	373.5	(17.54)	35.1	(1.41)	10.8	(0.41)
Abu Dhabi-United Arab Emirates	887.6	(44.26)	61.6	(2.75)	14.0	(0.68)
Alberta-Canada	334.9	(11.47)	18.4	(0.72)	18.0	(0.61)
Belgium-Flemish	623.7	(49.82)	78.6	(4.92)	7.9	(0.46)
England-United Kingdom	890.2	(27.43)	67.5	(2.83)	13.6	(0.23)
International average⁴	546.4	(4.82)	45.5	(0.41)	12.4	(0.14)
United States	566.5	(43.60)	38.2	(2.27)	14.9	(0.98)
See notes at end of table.