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. |