Poland - Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary

Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary in Poland was 12.97 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 26.52 in 1975, while its lowest value was 12.01 in 2001.

Definition: Preprimary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in preprimary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 19.70
1972 19.49
1975 26.52
1976 24.87
1977 24.23
1978 23.89
1979 24.18
1980 24.12
1981 23.38
1982 20.49
1983 18.66
1984 17.25
1985 17.36
1986 17.42
1987 17.83
1988 17.07
1989 16.33
1990 14.63
1991 13.64
1992 13.64
1993 14.33
1994 14.16
1995 13.23
1996 13.26
1997 13.31
1998 13.17
2000 12.43
2001 12.01
2003 15.60
2005 17.11
2006 17.18
2007 17.56
2008 17.09
2009 16.92
2010 16.97
2011 14.69
2012 15.07
2013 14.99
2014 14.92
2017 12.97

Development Relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs