There are 529,300 schools of all levels and types in China with 291 million students.
Beijing, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) According to the website of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education announced the Statistical Bulletin on the Development of National Education in 2021 on the 14th. The bulletin shows that there are 529,300 schools at all levels in China, with 291 million students and 18,443,700 full-time teachers. In addition, there are 207,200 schools in compulsory education in China. Compulsory education enrolled 34.8802 million students, 158 million students and 10.5719 million full-time teachers, and the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education was 95.4%.
preschool education
There are 294,800 kindergartens in China, an increase of 3,117 or 1.07% over the previous year. Among them, there are 244,700 inclusive kindergartens, an increase of 10,600 over the previous year, with an increase of 4.55%, accounting for 83.00% of the national kindergartens.
There were 48,052,100 preschool children, a decrease of 130,600 or 0.27% over the previous year. Among them, there are 42,182,000 children in inclusive kindergartens, an increase of 1,353,700 over the previous year, with an increase of 3.32%, accounting for 87.78% of the children in kindergartens nationwide, with an increase of 3.05 percentage points over the previous year.
The gross enrollment rate of preschool education was 88.1%, an increase of 2.9 percentage points over the previous year.
There are 3.191 million full-time teachers in preschool education, and the proportion of full-time teachers with college education or above is 87.60%.
compulsory education
There are 207,200 schools in compulsory education in China. Compulsory education enrolled 34.8802 million students, 158 million students and 10.5719 million full-time teachers, and the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education was 95.4%.
Primary school education
There are 154,300 ordinary primary schools in China, a decrease of 3,700 or 2.34% over the previous year. In addition, there were 83,600 primary school teaching points, a decrease of 6,672 from the previous year.
The primary school enrolled 17,825,800 students, a decrease of 255,100 students or 1.41% over the previous year; 108 million students, an increase of 545,800 over the previous year, an increase of 0.51%; There were 17,180,300 graduates, an increase of 777,100 or 4.74% over the previous year.
There are 6,600,800 full-time teachers in primary education; The ratio of students to teachers is 16.33: 1; The qualification rate of full-time teachers is 99.98%; The proportion of full-time teachers with bachelor degree or above is 70.30%.
Primary schools have a total building area of 871,289,800 square meters, an increase of 25,517,300 square meters over the previous year. The proportion of schools with up-to-standard facilities and equipment is as follows: 92.60% of schools with up-to-standard sports venues (gymnasiums), 96.76% of schools with up-to-standard sports equipment, 96.48% of schools with up-to-standard music equipment, 96.45% of schools with up-to-standard art equipment and 96.16% of schools with up-to-standard mathematical and natural experimental equipment.
There were 2,870,600 classes in primary school, an increase of 10,200 over the previous year. There were 21,000 large and super-large classes with more than 56 students, a decrease of 12,100 over the previous year, accounting for 0.73% of the total number of classes, a decrease of 0.43 percentage points over the previous year. Among them, there were 482 super-large classes with more than 66 students, a decrease of 441 over the previous year, accounting for 0.02% of the total number of classes, a decrease of 0.02 percentage points over the previous year.
Junior high school education
There are 52,900 junior high schools in China (including 9 vocational junior high schools), an increase of 66 or 0.12% over the previous year.
The number of students enrolled in junior high school was 17,054,400, an increase of 733,400 or 4.49% over the previous year. There were 50,184,400 students, an increase of 1,043,500 over the previous year, an increase of 2.12%; There were 15,871,500 graduates, an increase of 518,600 or 3.38% over the previous year.
There are 3,971,100 full-time teachers in junior high school education; The ratio of students to teachers is 12.64: 1; The qualification rate of full-time teachers is 99.91%; The proportion of full-time teachers with bachelor degree or above is 90.05%.
Junior high school has a total school building area of 755.937 million square meters, an increase of 37.5109 million square meters over the previous year. The proportion of schools with up-to-standard facilities and equipment is as follows: 95.02% of schools with up-to-standard sports venues (gymnasiums), 97.79% of schools with up-to-standard sports equipment, 97.51% of schools with up-to-standard music equipment, 97.49% of schools with up-to-standard art equipment and 97.41% of schools with up-to-standard scientific experimental equipment.
There are 1,098,900 classes in junior high school, an increase of 25,500 over the previous year. There were 7,225 large and super-large classes with more than 56 students, a decrease of 5,470 over the previous year, accounting for 0.66% of the total number of classes, a decrease of 0.53 percentage points over the previous year. Among them, there are 106 super-large classes with more than 66 students, 119 fewer than the previous year, accounting for 0.01% of the total number of classes, down 0.01 percentage points from the previous year.
Children of migrant workers in cities
Among the students in the compulsory education stage, there are 13,724,100 children of migrant workers. Among them, 9,841,100 students attended primary schools and 3,883,000 students attended junior high schools.
special needs education
There are 2288 special education schools in China, an increase of 44 or 1.96% over the previous year.
Recruit 149,100 students with various forms of special education, an increase of 16 over the previous year; There were 919,800 students in school, an increase of 39,000 or 4.42% over the previous year. Among them, there are 330,400 students in special education schools, accounting for 35.92% of the students in special education.
There are 69,400 full-time teachers in special education.
High school education
The gross enrollment rate in senior high school was 91.4%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the previous year.
General high school education
There are 14,600 ordinary high schools in China, an increase of 350 or 2.46% over the previous year.
Ordinary high schools enrolled 9,049,500 students, an increase of 285,100 over the previous year, an increase of 3.25%; There were 26,050,300 students, an increase of 1,105,800 over the previous year, an increase of 4.43%; The number of graduates was 7,802,300, a decrease of 63,000 or 0.80% over the previous year.
There are 2,028,300 full-time teachers in ordinary high school education; The ratio of students to teachers is 12.84: 1; The qualification rate of full-time teachers is 98.82%.
Ordinary high schools have a total building area of 643.621 million square meters, an increase of 43.12 million square meters over the previous year. The proportion of schools with up-to-standard facilities and equipment in ordinary senior high schools is as follows: 93.66% schools with up-to-standard sports venues (gymnasiums), 96.00% schools with up-to-standard sports equipment, 95.19% schools with up-to-standard music equipment, 95.40% schools with up-to-standard art equipment and 95.61% schools with up-to-standard scientific experimental equipment.
Secondary vocational education
There are 7294 secondary vocational schools in China, with the same diameter reduced by 179 compared with the previous year.
The number of students enrolled in secondary vocational education was 4,889,900, with the same diameter increasing by 43,800 or 0.90% compared with the previous year. There were 13,118,100 students, with the same diameter increasing by 439,800, or 3.47%. There were 3,753,700 graduates, with the same diameter decreasing by 80,900 or 2.11% compared with the previous year.
There are 695,400 full-time teachers in secondary vocational education; The ratio of students to teachers is 18.86: 1; The proportion of full-time teachers with bachelor degree or above is 93.57%; "Double-qualified" full-time teachers account for 55.51% of full-time teachers in professional (technical) courses.
higher education
There are 3012 institutions of higher learning in China. Among them, there are 1238 ordinary undergraduate schools (including 164 independent colleges), 11 fewer than the previous year; There are 32 vocational schools at the undergraduate level, an increase of 11 over the previous year; 1486 higher vocational (junior college) schools, an increase of 18 over the previous year; There are 256 adult institutions of higher learning, 9 fewer than the previous year. There are also 233 scientific research institutions that train graduate students.
The total number of students in various forms of higher education is 44.3 million, an increase of 2.47 million over the previous year. The gross enrollment rate of higher education was 57.8%, an increase of 3.4 percentage points over the previous year. The average size of an ordinary undergraduate school is 16,366, the average size of an undergraduate vocational school is 18,403, and the average size of a higher vocational school is 9,470.
The number of graduate students enrolled was 1,176,500, an increase of 70,000 or 6.32% over the previous year; Among them, there are 125,800 doctoral students and 1,050,700 master students. There were 3,332,400 graduate students, an increase of 192,800 over the previous year, an increase of 6.14%; Among them, there are 509,500 doctoral students and 2,822,900 master students. There are 772,800 graduate students, including 72,000 doctoral students and 700,700 master students.
The number of undergraduate students enrolled was 4,446,000, an increase of 53,300 over the previous year, with an increase of 1.21%, and there were 717,700 undergraduate students enrolled in junior colleges. There were 18,931,000 students in school, an increase of 747,000 over the previous year, an increase of 4.11%; There were 4,281,000 graduates, an increase of 75,900 or 1.80% over the previous year.
There are 41,400 vocational undergraduate students enrolled, an increase of 2,946 over the previous year, with an increase of 7.66%. In addition, there are 15,100 undergraduate students enrolled from junior colleges. There were 129,300 students, an increase of 55,900 or 76.18% over the previous year.
Higher vocational colleges (specialties) enrolled 5,525,800 students (including 452,000 students transferred from five-year higher vocational colleges to specialties), and the same diameter decreased by 180,300 students, down 3.16% compared with the previous year; There were 15,901,000 students, an increase of 1,305,500 or 8.94% over the previous year; There were 3,984,100 graduates, an increase of 217,200 or 5.77% over the previous year.
The enrollment of adult college students was 3,785,300, an increase of 147,700 or 4.06% over the previous year. There were 8,326,500 students in school, an increase of 553,600 over the previous year, an increase of 7.12%; There were 2,779,500 graduates, an increase of 309,900 or 12.55% over the previous year.
The number of online undergraduate students enrolled was 2,839,200, an increase of 60,100 or 2.16% over the previous year. There were 8,739,000 students, an increase of 274,500 or 3.24% over the previous year; There were 2,590,600 graduates, a decrease of 131,900 or 4.84% over the previous year.
The national self-study examination for higher education registered 6,257,800 person-times and obtained 489,400 graduation certificates.
There are 1,885,200 full-time teachers in higher education, including 1,269,700 in ordinary undergraduate schools; There are 25,600 vocational schools at the undergraduate level; There are 570,200 higher vocational (junior college) schools; There are 19,700 adult colleges and universities. The ratio of students to teachers is 17.90:1 in ordinary undergraduate schools, 19.38:1 in vocational schools at undergraduate level and 19.85:1 in higher vocational schools.
Ordinary and vocational colleges and universities have a total building area of 1,087,672,900 square meters, an increase of 34,723,700 square meters or 3.30% over the previous year. The per capita floor space is 58.29 square meters, the per capita school building area is 27.90 square meters, and the per capita teaching, research and practice equipment value is 17,091.23 yuan.
non-government funded education
There are 185,700 private schools at all levels in China, 989 fewer than the previous year, accounting for 35.08% of the total number of schools at all levels in China. There were 56,287,600 students, an increase of 643,100 over the previous year, accounting for 19.34% of the total number of students at all levels and types in China. Among them:
There are 166,700 private kindergartens, 1,254 fewer than the previous year, accounting for 56.54% of the total number of kindergartens in China; There are 23,120,300 children in kindergartens, a decrease of 665,200 compared with the previous year, accounting for 48.11% of preschool children in China.
There were 12,200 private schools in compulsory education, 67 fewer than the previous year, accounting for 5.87% of the total number of schools in compulsory education in China. There are 16.741 million students in school, a decrease of 108,900 compared with the previous year, accounting for 10.60% of the students in compulsory education in China.
There are 4,008 private ordinary high schools, an increase of 314 over the previous year, accounting for 27.48% of the total number of ordinary high schools in China; There are 4,503,400 students, an increase of 490,500 over the previous year, accounting for 17.29% of the students in ordinary high schools in China.
There were 1978 private secondary vocational schools, an increase of 25 over the previous year, accounting for 27.12% of the total number of secondary vocational schools in China; There were 2,676,300 students, an increase of 182,300 over the previous year, accounting for 20.40% of the students in secondary vocational education in China.
There are 764 private colleges and universities, 9 fewer than the previous year, accounting for 25.37% of the total number of colleges and universities in China. Among them, there are 390 ordinary undergraduate schools; 22 vocational schools at the undergraduate level; 350 vocational (junior college) schools; 2 adult colleges and universities. There are 8,457,400 students in private general and vocational colleges, an increase of 544,000 over the previous year, accounting for 24.19% of the students in general and vocational colleges nationwide.

























