Table 2.3.32 - BMBF's Data Portal

Table 2.3.32
Total pupils and foreign pupils at general schools, by school types and sex
			Pre-school class	School kindergarten	Primary school	Orientation stage independent of school type	Secondary general school	Schools with different courses of education	Intermediate school	Integrated comprehensive school	Free Waldorf School	Grammar school	Evening secondary general school	Evening intermediate school	Evening grammar school	Adult education college	Special needs school	Total¹⁾
Nationality	Sex	School year²⁾	Number
Germans and foreigners	Total	1999/2000	27,484	39,559	3,488,300	412,181	1,095,517	408,576	1,250,860	551,025	68,406	2,245,155	1,222	14,794	15,920	13,971	415,425	10,048,395
		2000/2001	26,436	37,934	3,352,935	404,195	1,103,878	428,609	1,263,382	549,489	69,969	2,256,861	1,150	15,298	15,937	13,947	420,427	9,960,447
		2001/2002	26,090	36,739	3,211,486	387,365	1,113,953	440,512	1,277,739	547,653	70,774	2,284,326	1,199	16,631	16,928	13,567	425,483	9,870,445
		2002/2003	19,158	35,629	3,144,307	351,056	1,111,423	438,073	1,283,091	547,213	72,153	2,296,724	1,201	17,313	18,401	15,260	429,275	9,780,277
		2003/2004	19,321	34,649	3,146,879	287,098	1,092,491	428,801	1,296,706	544,928	73,854	2,316,263	1,315	19,225	19,584	16,595	429,325	9,727,034
		2004/2005	18,610	29,396	3,149,546	110,801	1,084,300	379,468	1,351,452	537,920	75,307	2,404,043	1,298	20,765	20,503	17,674	423,771	9,624,854
		2005/2006	8,228	21,820	3,176,478	102,247	1,023,838	340,188	1,324,683	520,684	77,035	2,431,329	1,355	21,674	21,135	18,334	416,213	9,505,241
		2006/2007	8,161	20,900	3,156,524	99,545	953,401	311,987	1,300,537	507,682	78,166	2,449,752	1,255	21,725	20,330	17,807	408,085	9,355,857
		2007/2008	8,864	19,272	3,082,499	101,564	889,132	299,919	1,278,092	499,890	78,734	2,466,041	1,173	21,341	19,208	17,683	400,399	9,183,811
		2008/2009	8,701	19,376	2,997,074	104,552	825,730	302,269	1,262,545	503,170	79,624	2,468,949	1,129	21,223	18,662	17,077	393,491	9,023,572
		2009/2010	9,362	18,501	2,914,858	111,160	767,258	329,827	1,221,053	530,846	80,101	2,475,371	1,159	21,611	19,394	17,507	387,792	8,905,800
		2010/2011	9,608	19,125	2,837,737	111,199	703,525	370,852	1,166,509	584,770	80,843	2,475,174	1,100	21,345	19,155	18,030	377,922	8,796,894
		2011/2012	9,805	18,432	2,790,138	101,135	656,754	399,899	1,130,004	632,675	81,575	2,433,128	1,044	20,480	19,052	18,360	365,715	8,678,196
		2012/2013	10,048	17,828	2,746,379	97,336	607,878	433,637	1,080,598	681,493	82,063	2,387,590	1,195	19,555	18,107	18,033	355,139	8,556,879
		2013/2014	10,600	17,096	2,708,400	97,656	553,653	453,930	1,015,160	753,231	81,996	2,329,990	963	19,423	17,277	17,393	343,343	8,420,111
		2014/2015	10,367	16,354	2,708,752	99,281	507,502	477,102	950,706	821,196	82,940	2,304,546	977	19,157	16,203	16,575	335,008	8,366,666
		2015/2016	10,720	16,244	2,715,127	100,851	466,323	498,786	899,853	883,599	83,562	2,281,227	924	18,703	15,162	15,892	322,343	8,335,061
		2016/2017	11,089	16,503	2,768,899	103,574	427,674	520,145	852,514	952,986	84,492	2,252,968	809	17,542	13,929	15,077	317,610	8,369,513
		2017/2018	11,210	16,986	2,796,399	106,699	387,395	528,347	816,088	999,522	85,029	2,225,768	931	16,777	12,846	14,140	317,204	8,346,707
		2018/2019	9,303	17,037	2,802,189	110,508	363,057	526,014	796,128	1,040,859	85,536	2,207,256	951	16,326	11,853	13,155	320,787	8,330,457
		2019/2020	9,615	16,989	2,820,666	112,035	347,058	528,966	781,692	1,057,932	86,232	2,191,209	933	15,699	10,971	12,312	325,218	8,326,884
		2020/2021	9,825	16,305	2,842,302	112,317	333,456	529,626	773,034	1,076,226	87,066	2,225,544	801	15,102	10,623	12,048	327,486	8,380,767
		2021/2022	10,467	16,141	2,880,544	113,230	323,834	528,842	764,776	1,096,392	87,479	2,237,193	700	13,838	9,789	11,061	332,458	8,436,221
	Female	1999/2000	12,993	13,801	1,707,266	200,857	480,243	190,013	636,758	265,990	35,508	1,220,370	597	7,222	8,647	7,027	151,077	4,938,369
		2000/2001	12,456	13,229	1,642,054	196,218	483,454	199,971	643,347	265,530	36,238	1,228,284	560	7,471	8,551	6,960	153,233	4,897,556
		2001/2002	12,584	12,986	1,573,032	187,917	486,479	204,944	650,376	265,247	36,633	1,244,076	588	7,893	8,990	6,711	155,084	4,853,540
		2002/2003	9,198	12,468	1,541,668	170,179	485,326	203,871	651,443	266,237	37,346	1,249,211	576	8,134	9,714	7,631	157,543	4,810,545
		2003/2004	9,377	12,075	1,543,452	139,355	478,192	199,314	656,322	266,702	38,241	1,256,007	619	9,044	10,347	8,174	157,844	4,785,065
		2004/2005	8,978	10,194	1,546,567	53,361	473,674	175,762	680,410	264,231	39,023	1,296,858	633	9,809	10,856	8,644	156,055	4,735,055
		2005/2006	3,957	7,408	1,559,518	49,212	448,345	157,503	664,083	257,093	39,847	1,306,096	680	10,034	11,170	9,049	153,278	4,677,273
		2006/2007	3,892	7,198	1,549,312	48,185	417,584	144,918	648,902	251,947	40,571	1,310,655	618	10,068	10,678	8,835	149,973	4,603,336
		2007/2008	4,253	6,667	1,511,647	49,279	391,032	140,056	635,190	248,860	40,824	1,313,183	560	10,096	10,255	8,871	147,340	4,518,113
		2008/2009	4,237	6,642	1,470,911	50,829	362,954	141,551	625,018	250,886	41,275	1,310,099	533	10,156	9,950	8,686	144,153	4,437,880
		2009/2010	4,563	6,377	1,431,174	54,036	336,710	154,259	602,639	264,743	41,359	1,308,793	536	10,087	10,147	8,850	141,310	4,375,583
		2010/2011	4,628	6,681	1,392,482	53,950	308,785	173,384	574,996	290,192	41,725	1,305,203	489	9,772	9,922	8,909	137,273	4,318,391
		2011/2012	4,804	6,521	1,369,672	49,120	287,370	186,220	556,794	312,424	42,232	1,279,367	476	9,324	9,714	8,994	132,347	4,255,379
		2012/2013	4,826	6,139	1,347,774	47,267	265,043	201,476	532,185	334,499	42,494	1,254,406	533	8,943	9,220	8,694	127,836	4,191,335
		2013/2014	5,041	5,939	1,328,990	47,416	240,830	210,198	499,092	367,921	42,463	1,223,195	436	8,698	8,607	8,267	122,874	4,119,967
		2014/2015	4,988	5,767	1,329,909	47,960	220,570	220,339	466,481	399,063	42,928	1,211,292	404	8,561	7,930	7,800	119,288	4,093,280
		2015/2016	5,250	5,728	1,332,689	48,557	202,014	229,608	440,559	427,258	43,321	1,200,636	391	7,962	7,380	7,182	114,037	4,075,040
		2016/2017	5,329	5,828	1,357,885	50,008	183,951	237,409	415,795	457,917	43,748	1,186,101	308	7,115	6,701	6,680	111,667	4,081,972
		2017/2018	5,458	5,939	1,372,995	51,660	167,112	241,115	397,770	479,978	43,987	1,174,653	311	6,597	6,175	6,208	110,792	4,075,623
		2018/2019	4,506	6,012	1,375,779	53,451	157,458	241,215	387,450	500,004	44,481	1,167,381	360	6,594	5,694	5,898	111,795	4,072,479
		2019/2020	4,752	6,036	1,384,566	54,111	151,104	242,991	380,541	509,025	44,886	1,161,117	366	6,609	5,247	5,490	113,205	4,074,471
		2020/2021	4,737	5,922	1,397,043	54,399	146,172	243,849	376,473	518,790	45,456	1,178,286	324	6,525	5,193	5,370	114,126	4,106,913
		2021/2022	5,137	5,942	1,418,026	54,862	142,893	244,085	372,169	529,495	45,742	1,181,453	331	6,260	4,905	5,010	116,889	4,137,634
Foreigners	Total	1999/2000	5,597	10,172	400,894	31,868	188,570	6,511	79,089	64,518	1,408	88,116	543	4,260	2,487	1,420	60,847	946,300
		2000/2001	5,342	9,783	396,581	32,534	190,631	7,545	81,202	65,800	1,430	88,146	511	4,311	2,538	1,385	62,751	950,490
		2001/2002	5,016	9,236	387,628	32,959	196,934	8,568	84,351	66,817	1,525	88,594	511	4,518	2,645	980	65,436	955,718
		2002/2003	4,817	8,595	377,827	33,320	202,471	9,538	87,505	68,304	1,595	90,237	482	4,934	2,919	991	67,846	961,381
		2003/2004	4,631	8,196	369,417	32,389	203,142	11,406	91,107	69,924	1,575	92,752	536	5,305	2,780	1,012	68,663	962,835
		2004/2005	4,340	6,961	361,419	18,216	203,092	11,864	97,868	70,463	1,575	98,371	501	5,471	2,755	997	67,421	951,314
		2005/2006	1,272	4,521	354,277	16,001	193,618	12,100	99,058	70,392	1,616	101,660	474	5,234	2,753	1,005	65,550	929,531
		2006/2007	996	3,816	333,770	14,664	182,723	12,519	100,554	70,293	1,578	104,634	526	5,088	2,531	989	63,059	897,740
		2007/2008	1,122	3,129	300,648	13,897	172,078	12,895	100,870	70,940	1,554	107,222	478	4,573	2,401	1,022	59,834	852,663
		2008/2009	901	2,860	265,646	13,478	161,243	14,198	102,824	69,880	1,554	108,324	465	4,579	2,385	1,036	56,606	805,979
		2009/2010	886	2,751	234,044	13,927	150,538	16,055	102,968	70,889	1,556	110,081	491	4,976	2,581	1,099	53,279	766,121
		2010/2011	902	2,759	215,061	12,151	136,730	19,177	96,610	74,803	1,503	109,180	389	4,729	2,706	1,191	49,139	727,030
		2011/2012	795	2,534	185,122	9,034	123,141	19,566	90,011	76,000	1,477	105,141	383	4,675	2,656	1,345	44,080	665,960
		2012/2013	889	2,426	176,341	7,800	112,336	19,033	82,603	76,531	1,493	100,052	470	4,435	2,474	1,412	39,700	627,995
		2013/2014	994	2,431	178,572	8,013	102,559	19,766	74,703	78,389	1,485	95,308	399	4,427	2,396	1,421	36,008	606,871
		2014/2015	1,124	2,463	192,997	9,276	97,521	22,850	67,300	80,980	1,575	93,920	383	4,672	2,348	1,452	33,737	612,598
		2015/2016	1,282	2,951	226,962	10,169	96,711	29,616	62,957	87,126	1,610	95,828	400	5,132	2,246	1,766	31,295	661,541
		2016/2017	1,561	3,527	290,121	12,635	99,150	43,292	65,554	106,031	2,161	107,367	448	6,412	2,112	1,972	32,459	788,080
		2017/2018	1,809	3,917	323,813	14,029	93,169	48,977	68,129	118,538	2,399	108,644	629	7,091	2,083	2,455	35,280	841,904
		2018/2019	1,671	4,302	350,847	15,252	91,944	52,200	71,220	130,677	2,235	109,311	594	7,392	1,857	2,631	39,867	891,048
		2019/2020	1,848	4,536	369,630	16,281	92,421	56,055	76,125	142,944	2,133	114,567	573	7,404	1,929	2,703	44,604	942,597
		2020/2021	1,902	4,629	375,210	17,142	92,412	58,329	81,180	155,496	2,052	122,766	510	7,230	1,965	2,763	48,864	980,904
		2021/2022	2,101	4,788	387,081	17,589	93,992	61,391	85,868	169,104	1,944	131,613	384	6,378	1,938	2,451	53,147	1,028,631
	Female	1999/2000	2,646	4,260	195,404	15,264	87,303	2,969	41,194	31,989	745	47,208	237	1,970	1,300	714	24,085	457,288
		2000/2001	2,470	4,049	193,672	15,556	87,957	3,564	42,193	32,594	753	47,453	228	2,016	1,252	692	24,784	459,233
		2001/2002	2,437	3,861	188,883	15,880	90,619	3,986	43,974	33,447	836	47,957	246	2,114	1,316	493	25,770	461,819
		2002/2003	2,319	3,556	184,868	16,136	92,994	4,436	45,455	34,172	860	49,028	229	2,245	1,463	505	26,936	465,202
		2003/2004	2,191	3,397	180,990	15,759	93,525	5,358	47,205	35,439	845	50,400	264	2,511	1,436	498	27,216	467,034
		2004/2005	2,112	2,894	177,289	8,879	93,435	5,587	50,644	35,820	854	53,437	233	2,645	1,456	476	26,662	462,423
		2005/2006	618	1,873	173,875	7,717	89,443	5,679	51,240	36,010	875	55,174	236	2,548	1,421	517	25,813	453,039
		2006/2007	483	1,601	163,577	6,999	84,055	5,919	52,105	36,071	851	57,224	238	2,387	1,265	512	25,037	438,324
		2007/2008	546	1,377	147,465	6,726	79,214	6,105	51,974	36,460	844	58,555	225	2,186	1,210	531	23,745	417,163
		2008/2009	447	1,154	130,231	6,618	74,125	6,743	52,849	35,933	835	59,076	234	2,225	1,248	550	22,350	394,618
		2009/2010	440	1,052	114,956	6,755	68,985	7,690	52,472	36,563	844	59,888	236	2,324	1,307	596	20,852	374,960
		2010/2011	437	1,083	105,265	5,753	62,627	9,051	49,037	38,333	824	59,189	175	2,138	1,323	632	19,143	355,010
		2011/2012	380	1,002	90,939	4,283	56,002	9,242	45,667	38,584	774	56,961	167	2,082	1,282	730	17,062	325,157
		2012/2013	419	985	86,319	3,787	50,626	9,000	41,789	38,445	779	54,087	195	1,969	1,227	742	15,401	305,770
		2013/2014	463	943	87,149	3,845	46,313	9,336	37,636	38,984	760	51,455	159	1,901	1,185	751	13,775	294,655
		2014/2015	536	995	94,693	4,413	44,090	10,699	33,765	39,899	835	50,916	141	2,033	1,164	752	12,932	297,863
		2015/2016	638	1,119	111,166	4,899	42,969	13,713	31,211	42,332	840	51,421	138	1,945	1,092	835	11,720	318,380
		2016/2017	733	1,329	140,981	5,983	42,811	18,689	31,672	49,661	1,016	55,572	121	2,055	994	861	11,839	369,644
		2017/2018	849	1,435	158,035	6,718	40,728	21,560	33,081	55,824	1,145	57,132	169	2,148	935	1,001	12,612	398,052
		2018/2019	804	1,695	171,330	7,272	40,728	23,886	35,034	62,034	1,119	58,449	186	2,439	900	1,095	14,106	425,277
		2019/2020	966	1,818	180,648	7,731	41,613	25,947	37,875	68,481	1,110	62,016	195	2,796	900	1,092	15,699	453,075
		2020/2021	918	1,944	184,335	8,184	41,835	26,976	40,545	74,505	1,074	66,783	192	2,865	897	1,191	17,103	473,319
		2021/2022	1,041	1,969	190,876	8,457	42,540	28,355	42,824	81,314	1,039	71,554	174	2,779	900	1,111	18,728	497,821

Source: Federal Statistical Office (GENESIS-Online database, Fachserie 11 Reihe 1)

Notes:
¹⁾ As of school year 2015/2016, including pupils who are not assignable to any school type.
²⁾ As of 2018/2019, differences in sums are possible due to the rounding procedure to ensure privacy in general schools statistics. For further information see source.

Last update: September 29, 2022

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