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There were 9 primary school pupils per teacher in 2018, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics agency. (The figure was likewise 9 in 2017 and 10.5 in 2016).

Across the entire the EU, the average was 13.6, with the highest pupil-teacher ratios in Romania (19.5) and in the Czech Republic and France (both 19.2), and the lowest after Luxembourg were recorded in Greece (9.2) and Poland (9.6).

The figures are from 2018 and were published by Eurostat on 9 September. The agency explained that: “The pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of full-time equivalent pupils by the number of full-time equivalent teachers teaching at” primary schools.

Eurostat also stated that:

“The pupil-teacher ratio should not be confused with average class size as it does not take into account special cases, like the small size of groups of special needs pupils or specific subject areas, or the difference between the number of hours of teaching provided by teachers and the number of hours of instruction prescribed for pupils.”

Secondary schools

Luxembourg’s student-teacher ratio for lower secondary education was 10.7, below the EU27 average (12) but a higher proportion than Estonia (10.1), Cyprus (9.6), Portugal (9.4), Belgium and Finland (both 8.9), Latvia (8.6), Austria and Croatia (both 8.5), Greece (7.9), Lithuania (7.6) and Malta (6.8).

The student-teacher ratio for upper secondary education in Luxembourg was 8.6, the fourth lowest in the EU. The figures were lower in Croatia (8.1), Lithuania (8) and Malta (7.7). The EU27 average was 11.3, with the highest ratios recorded in Finland (18.9), the Netherlands (17.6) and Estonia (15.7)

Last week, Luxembourg’s government said 58,317 primary school pupils and 48,836 secondary school students were enrolled this autumn.