St. Lucia - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in St. Lucia was 14.74 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 32.88 in 1973, while its lowest value was 14.22 in 2014.

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

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

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Year Value
1972 28.64
1973 32.88
1974 31.86
1975 31.65
1976 31.33
1977 32.63
1978 32.62
1979 31.47
1980 32.49
1981 30.94
1982 30.83
1983 32.28
1984 29.62
1985 29.84
1986 30.27
1987 29.74
1988 30.78
1989 30.61
1990 29.15
1991 29.29
1992 27.62
1993 27.03
1994 27.20
1995 26.70
1996 26.44
1997 26.04
1998 26.85
1999 21.90
2000 23.23
2001 24.22
2002 22.87
2003 22.28
2004 22.69
2005 21.97
2006 23.53
2007 22.73
2008 21.41
2009 19.97
2010 18.54
2011 17.64
2012 17.24
2013 16.66
2014 14.22
2015 15.46
2016 15.13
2017 15.23
2018 14.74

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