Selected Indicators of General Education in the Schools of Jerusalem Governorate by Region, 2016/2017

(The data do not include the Israeli Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem)

Indicator

Jerusalem Governorate

Region

J1

J2

Number of Schools

Total 260 104 156
  By Supervising Authority  
     Government 126 37 89
     UNRWA 16 7 9

     Private

118 60 58

Number of Students

 
Total 72814 30425 42389

  By Sex

 

     Males

35347 14152 21195

     Females

37467 16273 21194

  By Supervising Authority

 

     Government

30872 8428 22444
     UNRWA 5443 1443 4000

     Private

36499 20554 15945

Number of Classes

 

Total

3055 1313 1742

  By Sex

     

     Males

898 331 567
     Females 1112 508 604

     Co-ed

1045 474 571
  By Supervising Authority  

     Government

1336 394 942
     UNRWA 184 67 117

     Private

1535 852 683

Average Number of Students Per Class

 

General Average

23.8 23.2 24.3
  By Supervising Authority  

     Government

23.1 21.4 23.8

     UNRWA

29.6 21.5 34.2

     Private

23.8 24.1 23.3
Average Number of Students Per Teacher  

General Average

18.1 17.3 18.6
  By Supervising Authority      

     Government

17.2 15.7 17.9

     UNRWA

22.2 16.6 25.2

     Private

18.3 18.1 18.5

J1: includes that part of Jerusalem which was annexed forcefully by Israel following its occupation of the West Bank in 1967

J2: includes the Remaining parts of Jerusalem governorate
Source: Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 2017. Education Statistical Yearbook for Scholastic Year 2016\2017. Ramallah - Palestine