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Hong Kong Department of Education

Hong Kong Secondary Schools - Brief Overview
Source: Hong Kong Department of Education. n.d. [online document] Department of Education/Highlights/Key Statistics/Secondary Education. (See links for further information)

   1996-1997  2000-2001  2001-2002
Number of schools
Local  437  462  473
ESF & other intl. schools  23  24  23
Total  460  486  496
Enrollment
S1-S3  260 574  241 616  246 132
S4-S5  151 979  155 518 150 886
S6-S7  53 105  59 559  59 437
 Total  465 658  456 693  456 455
Nunber of teachers
Degree  17 615  20 660  21 411
Non-degree  4 565  3 354  3 055
Total  22 180  24 014  24 466
Average class size
S1-S5  39.6  38.3  38.2
S6-S7  29.8  30.3  30.1
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
20.5:1 18.6:1 18.2:1
NOTE: With the exception of the data for number of schools all values exclude data from English Schools Foundation (ESF) schools and other International Schools.

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