Selected Indicators of General Education in the Schools of Jerusalem Governorate by Region, 2017/2018

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

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Indicator

Jerusalem Governorate

Region

J1

J2

Number of Schools

Total 250 104 146
  By Supervising Authority      
     Government 122 37 85
     UNRWA 15 6 9

     Private

113 61 52

Number of Students

     
Total 70547 31146 39401

  By Sex

     

     Males

33650 14280 19370

     Females

36897 16866 20031

  By Supervising Authority

     

     Government

30261 8293 21968
     UNRWA 5226 1261 3965

     Private

35060 21592 13468

Number of Classes

     

Total

2970 1352 1618

  By Sex

     

     Males

848 353 495
     Females 1086 526 560

     Co-ed

1036 473 563
  By Supervising Authority      

     Government

1320 399 921
     UNRWA 175 58 117

     Private

1475 895 580

Average Number of Students Per Class

     

General Average

23.8 23.0 24.4
  By Supervising Authority      

     Government

22.9 20.8 23.9

     UNRWA

29.9 21.7 33.9

     Private

23.8 24.1 23.2
Average Number of Students Per Teacher      

General Average

18.1 17.3 18.8
  By Supervising Authority      

     Government

17.0 15.4 17.6

     UNRWA

22.2 16.0 25.4

     Private

18.7 18.3 19.4

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, 2018. Education Statistical Yearbook for Scholastic Year 2017\2018. Ramallah - Palestine