FOR A SCHOOL

OF TRUST

KEY DATA ON NATIONAL

EDUCATION
— 2018 —
Unless otherwise utated, all sources come
from the MEN-MESRI-DEPP. 12,891,350 pupils and apprentices
for the school year 2017-2018

6,783,300 3,342,350
pupils in pre-primary pupils in lower
and primary secondary education
education

in other words
12.4 billion pupils
of the Ministry of National
Education (pre-primary, primary
and secondary education)
The French Ministry
of National Education
Evaluation, Forward-planning 8 out of 10 pupils
and Performance Directorate (DEPP) are in public sector
61-65 rue Dutot
75732 Paris Cedex 15

Publishing director
Fabienne Rosenwald

Editor in chief
Boubou Traore
2,287,400
Publishing pupils in upper
Bernard Javet 209,900 268,400 secondary education
pupils of the Ministry apprentices
Graphic design and production
of Agriculture and and pre-apprentices
Anthony Fruchart
Frédéric Voiret the Ministry of Health in secondary education
 1,132,700 personnel
9.3% of pupils are enrolled in the Versailles
in National Education académie (pre-primary, primary
881,400 and secondary education)
teachers in pre-primary, Lille
primary and secondary 6.6%
education of which:
737,000 in public sector Paris
and 144,400 in private sector 2.7%
Rouen Amiens
251,300 2.8% 3.0%
Nancy-Metz
non-teaching personnel Caen
2.1% 3.2%
Reims
Rennes Versailles 1.9%
4.9% 9.3% Créteil Strasbourg
62,200 primary 149.9 billion 7.3% 2.7%
and secondary euros Nantes
Orléans-
-Tours
Dijon
Besançon
schools (Ministry devoted to domestic 5.7% 2.2%
of National Education) education expenditure* 3.7% 1.7%
in 2016 Poitiers
Lyon
2.4%
of which Guadeloupe Limoges Clermont-
5.1%
50,900 primary 102 billion euros 0.8% 0.9 % -Ferrand Grenoble
schools for teaching 1.8% 5.1%
Bordeaux
Martinique 4.6%
Aix-Marseille
0.6%
7,890 € Toulouse
4.4%
7,100 lower per pupil or apprentices 4.1% Nice
secondary schools (pre-primary, primary 2.9%
and secondary Guyane Montpellier
education) 0.6% 4.0%

Corse
Total expenditure for education including tertiary education La Réunion Mayotte
4,200 upper 0.4%
and continuing education programmes, provisional data.
1.8% 0.8%
secondary schools
149,9 billion euros are devoted
to domestic education expenditure* in 2016
Cost of education
6.7% of the France GDP

By whom?
Central government (all the ministries) 57.3% Local government Enterprises Households
of which MENJ-MESRI 53.7% 23.7% 8.4% 7.7%

Other administrations
and CAF 2.9%
What is the point?
État (tous
Wages andministères)
salaries and also the employer’s social contributions 75.2% Entreprises
Other current costsMénages
57,3 % staff 50.9%
teaching non-teaching staff 24.3% 17.7% 8,4 % 7,7 %

Investment 7.2%

For whom?
Pre-primary and Secondary education Tertiary education Continuing
primary education 28.9% 39.2% 20.2% education
9.9%

6,300€ 9,720€ Extra-curricular 1.8%

average expenditure per pupil average expenditure per pupil in secondary
in pre-primary and primary education education in 2016
in 2016
6,500€ 6,180€ 8,580€ 10,870€ 12,380€ Domestic Education Expenditure (DEE):
combines all spending in metropolitan France and in the
DOM for educational activities (teaching and other activities:
Pre-primary Primary Lower Upper Upper secondary general administration, school meals, school medicine, etc.)
education education secondary secondary general vocational and the purchase of goods and services in field of education.
Provisional data.
education and technological education
education
 Pre-primary Change in average
class size
and primary education

2017
2010
30.1
018
school year 2017-2 Pre-primary education 24.3
27.8

25.5 25.8

2,522,300 23.9 22.8 22.5 22.7

pupils in pre-primary
6,783,300

2000
1990
1980
education Primary education 23.3
pupils in pre-primary
and primary education 4,261,000
of which 5,842,700 pupils pupils in primary education
enrolled in public institutions and ULIS 1,2 million pre-primary and primary education pupils in schools
in priority areas (REP and REP +)
in other words
86.1% of pupils in public sector

in other words one out of five pupils in 6,700

247,050 pre-primary in the public school system schools
and primary education pupils
with disabilities
1 teacher in primary education
of which 181,150 for 19.0 pupils
in mainstream education in France in 2015 18.4 19.0
France
381,150 16.6 16.8Kingdom
United

primary education teachers 15.0 15.4 15.4 Netherlands South

Korea
OECD United Germany
of which 334,700 public teachers 13.6 13.7
and 65,900 in health 12.8 12.8
12.4 Belgium Finland Spain
average States
Sweden
and social institutions Italy
This indicator is different to that
of average class size.
Source: OECD, Education at a glance 2017.
PIRLS 2016 PIRLS provides internationally comparative data about
how well children from different countries read after
TIMSS 2015 TIMSS is an international assessment of mathematics
and science at the fourth grade (CM1 in France).
Progress in International at the fourth grade (CM1 in France). Point values. Trends in International
Reading Literacy Study Mathematics and Science Study
540 541
French pupils have
511 underperformed in international
Weaker results 500 maths and science testing
than European
and OECD averages

Mathematics Science
Change in average score in for France,
depending on the type of texts 527 528 527
525
2001 2006 2011 2016
500 500
532 488 487
Understanding 526
519
informational texts
510

21% of the fourth grade students 20 % of the fourth grade students

Understanding literary 519 521 have reached the mathematics have reached the science "high"
517
texts 513 "high" international benchmark international benchmark
in France in France
High High
523
Interpret and integrate 515 512
ideas and information
501
39% 36% 38% 39%

Make straightforward 529 527 528 21% 20%

inferences 521
 Secondary education Change in average

2000

2017
2010
class size Upper secondary education
(general programme) 29.3
29.7
school year 2017-2018
27.7 27.7
656,950 27.1
pupils in upper 23.5 24.3 24.2 24.4
secondary education
(vocational programme) 23.5 22.7 Lower secondary education 25.3
except Segpa

5,629,750 3,342,350 19.7

19.0
pupils in lower

1990
1980
pupils in secondary education Upper secondary education 18.5
of which 4,436,900 pupils secondary
education (vocational programme)
enrolled in public institutions

1,630,450 548,000 lower secondary education pupils in schools

in other words pupils in upper
in priority areas (REP and REP +)
78.8% of pupils in public sector secondary education
(general programme)

in other words 1 out of 5 pupils in 1,100

149,400 in the public school system lower secondary schools
secondary education pupils
with disabilities
1 teacher in secondary education
of which 140,300 for 12,7 pupils 17.0
16.3Netherlands
in mainstream education in France in 2015 15.4
500,250 14.8
South
United
United Kingdom
secondary education teachers 12.7 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.4 Korea
States

11.5 12.1
OECD Germany Sweden
of which 402,300 public teachers France Finland
average
and 9,100 in health Spain
Italy

and social institutions. 9.8

Belgium This indicator is different to that
of average class size.
Source : OECD, Education at a glance 2017.
 2018 provisional data
PISA 2015 Underachievement in Reading,
Programme for International Mathematics and Science
Student Assessment
In 2018, the baccalauréat General Baccalauréat 91.1% The PISA survey assesses the skills
of 15-year-old students in three
pass rate is Technological Baccalauréat 88.9% subjects: writing, mathematics 2009 2012 2015
and scientific literacy.
21.5%
88.3% Vocational Baccalauréat 82.6%
19.8%
18.9%
19.5% 19.7%

Proportion of baccalauréat 2018 17.8%

holders in a generation 79.9% Reading
15% 2020 15% 15%
target
23.5%
22.5% 22.4%
1970
20.1% 22.2%
22.3% 22.1%
1851
0.6%

Mathematics
1950
In the Europe 2020 strategy,
5.1% the proportion of under-skilled
15-year-olds, as measured by PISA, 15% 2020 15% 15%
should be less than 15% in each target
of these subjects. 22.1%
2010
65.0%
19.3% 18.7%
At the 2018 session, 20.6%

79.9% General Baccalauréat 42.1%

17.7%
of young people Technological Baccalauréat 16.3% 16.6%
in a generation obtained Science
the baccalauréat Vocational Baccalauréat 21.5% 15% 2020 15% 15%
target
Early leavers from education and training: education system
the proportion of young people from 18 to 24
who have left the school system without
a degree and who are no longer in formal
leavers
or non-formal education and training in 2017 (%) Breakdown of initial education leavers according
to their highest level qualification in 2015 (%)
In the Europe 2020 strategy,
2020 target the rate should be below 10%.
13% 32% 45% were awarded
Bac +2 Bac +3 ; +5 ; +8 higher education
7% 10% 15% qualifications

11% 32% 43% have at the most

Baccalauréat one second-cycle
CAP, BEP secondary qualifications
or equivalent qualification

6% 7% 13% have a school leaving certificate (DNB)

DNB or no qualifications
No qualifications

Employment rate of graduates on 1st February 2017:

vocational upper secondary school leavers,
BTS school leavers and CFA school leavers (%)
Vocational upper secondary schools, BTS
Apprenticeship
81.4%
71.1%
65.8% 64.1%

48.4%

31.9%

BTS Vocational baccalauréat CAP

Glossary

BEP Certificate of vocational education

BTS Advanced Technician Diploma
CAF Family Allowance Fund
CFA Apprentice Training Centre
DEE Domestic Education Expenditure
DEPP Evaluation, Forward Planning and Performance Directorate
DNB Certificate of lower secondary education
DOM Overseas départements
DUT University diploma of technology
GDP Gross domestic product
MEN Ministry of National Education
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PIRLS Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA Programme for International Student Assessment
REP Educational Priority Networks
REP + Educational Priority Reinforced Networks
Segpa General and Vocational Adapted Learning Section
TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
UE European Union
ULIS Local Units for Educational Inclusion

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