UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

END OF 2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR

1. Upper secondary schools − end of 2003/2004 school year

The number of upper secondary schools at the end of the 2003/2004 school year increased by 1.1%, as compared to the end of the 2002/2003 school year, while the number of class units did not significantly change.

The number of upper secondary school students did not significantly change, as compared to the previous school year. The share of female students was 50.7%, although their number was not equally arranged in different types of schools. Thus, there were 70.1% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.0% in grammar schools, 50.5% in technical and related schools and only 37.2% in industrial and crafts schools.
48 548 students completed upper secondary education, out of which female students made 50.9%.

In the 2003/2004 school year there were 2.7% teachers engaged in regular education more than in the 2002/2003 school year. The share of women was 64.9%.

Students enrolled in upper secondary schools learn one, two or three foreign languages, providing that at least one foreign language is obligatory for all students. Out of the total number of students, English is learned by 81.5% students, German by 40.9%, Italian by 11.7%, French by 3.8% and Russian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese only 0.3%.

1.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools						Class units		Students				Students who completed school
	Total		Self-contained		School/class units				Total		Female students		Total		Female students

Upper secondary schools – total	665		227		438		7 357		192 417		97 390		48 548		24 700
State	626		192		434		7 153		188 255		95 249		47 631		24 225
Private	29		25		4		119		1 840		883		418		216
Religious	10		10		-		85		2 322		1 258		499		259

Secondary schools – regular	641		213		428		7 174		190 784		96 671		48 048		24 465

Grammar schools	156		87		69		1 822		50 350		31 706		12 505		7 847
State	130		63		67		1 671		46 992		29 928		11 783		7 471
Private	16		14		2		66		1 036		520		223		117
Religious	10		10		-		85		2 322		1 258		499		259

Technical and related schools	247		70		177		3 041		84 192		42 543		19 119		10 033
State	237		62		175		2 994		83 477		42 234		18 954		9 954
Private	10		8		2		47		715		309		165		79

Secondary art schools	38		28		10		99		4 591		3 217		832		590

Music schools	22		22		-		-		2 139		1 354		293		203
State	21		21		-		-		2 119		1 345		290		202
Private	1		1		-		-		20		9		3		1

Ballet schools	2		2		-		-		143		137		23		23
State	2		2		-		-		143		137		23		23

Fine arts and design	14		4		10		99		2 309		1 726		516		364
State	13		3		10		96		2 272		1 706		502		355
Private	1		1		-		3		37		20		14		9

Industrial and crafts schools	200		28		172		2 212		51 651		19 205		15 592		5 995
State	199		27		172		2 209		51 619		19 180		15 579		5 985
Private	1		1		-		3		32		25		13		10

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	24		14		10		183		1 633		719		500		235

State	24		14		10		183		1 633		719		500		235

Education of adults¹⁾		61		1		60		344		6 004		2 234		2 272		793

State		42		-		42		261		5 125		2 017		1 844		703
Private		19		1		18		83		879		217		428		90

1) Not included in “Upper secondary schools – total”

1.2. ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GRADES, END OF 2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students
	Total		1^st grade		2^nd grade		3^rd grade		4^th grade
	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed

Upper secondary schools – regular	190 784	184 709	53 438	50 589	52 629	50 868	50 794	49 734	33 923	33 518

Grammar schools	50 350	49 941	12 797	12 646	12 676	12 537	12 273	12 192	12 604	12 566
State	46 992	46 611	11 844	11 701	11 783	11 651	11 490	11 419	11 875	11 840
Private	1 036	1 032	298	297	268	267	246	245	224	223
Religious	2 322	2 298	655	648	625	619	537	528	505	503

Technical and related schools	84 192	81 769	21 964	21 003	21 309	20 652	20 705	20 222	20 214	19 892
State	83 477	81 057	21 781	20 822	21 111	20 454	20 537	20 055	20 048	19 726
Private	715	712	183	181	198	198	168	167	166	166

Secondary art schools	4 591	4 244	1 418	1 270	1 309	1 215	949	889	915	870
Music schools	2 139	1 854	762	642	667	581	361	310	349	321
State	2 119	1 837	754	636	664	579	355	304	346	318
Private	20	17	8	6	3	2	6	6	3	3

Ballet schools	143	126	55	46	33	30	30	27	25	23
State	143	126	55	46	33	30	30	27	25	23

Fine arts and design	2 309	2 264	601	582	609	604	558	552	541	526
State	2 272	2 227	601	582	598	593	546	540	527	512
Private	37	37	-	-	11	11	12	12	14	14

Industrial and crafts schools	51 651	48 755	17 259	15 670	17 335	16 464	16 867	16 431	190	190
State	51 619	48 723	17 251	15 662	17 324	16 453	16 854	16 418	190	190
Private	32	32	8	8	11	11	13	13	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	1 633	1 578	525	498	522	504	502	493	84	83
State	1 633	1 578	525	498	522	504	502	493	84	83

1.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY COUNTIES, END OF 2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools	Class units	Students		Students who completed school	Teachers
	Schools	Class units	All	Female students	Students who completed school	Teachers

Republic of Croatia	665	7 357	192 417	97 390	48 548	20 408

County of Zagreb	32	248	6 680	3 355	1 669	832
County of Krapina-Zagorje	22	207	5 530	2 883	1 364	558
County of Sisak-Moslavina	29	240	6 314	3 110	1 670	733
County of Karlovac	24	219	5 738	2 906	1 473	567
County of Varaždin	25	301	8 479	4 289	2 316	816
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	14	172	5 012	2 599	1 258	435
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	24	212	5 647	2 893	1 526	610
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	50	510	12 714	6 476	2 974	1 440
County of Lika-Senj	11	67	1 499	732	382	278
County of Virovitica-Podravina	13	144	3 845	2 008	1 016	390
County of Požega-Slavonia	14	138	3 807	1 919	926	366
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	14	259	7 295	3 610	1 798	475
County of Zadar	33	303	7 442	3 718	1 776	915
County of Osijek-Baranja	54	611	15 070	7 668	3 951	1 614
County of Šibenik-Knin	20	193	4 873	2 542	1 230	541
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	24	348	8 547	4 249	2 391	694
County of Split-Dalmatia	77	862	22 457	11 144	5 380	2 327
County of Istria	45	380	9 180	4 667	2 179	1 327
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	28	229	5 744	2 873	1 359	692
County of Međimurje	15	183	4 746	2 372	1 269	488
City of Zagreb	97	1 531	41 798	21 377	10 641	4 310

1.4. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF
2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students attending						Teachers
	Total	Grammar schools	Technical and related schools	Art schools	Industrial and crafts schools	Secondary schools for disabled youth	Teachers

English	156 779	49 410	67 767	2 043	37 243	316	1 484
French	7 230	1 773	2 041	20	3 393	3	117
German	78 626	32 129	29 467	621	16 312	97	968
Russian	29	20	2	-	7	-	6
Italian	22 470	12 016	8 174	304	1 927	49	269
Spanish	554	405	149	-	-	-	12
Japanese	59	59	-	-	-	-	2
Chinese	2	2	-	-	-	-	1

1.5. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME, END OF 2003/2004 SCHOOL YEAR

	Teachers				Assistants
	Total	Women	Full-time		Total	Women
	Total	Women	All	Women	Total	Women

Upper secondary schools – regular	20 099	13 041	13 843	9 032	793	632

State	19 378	12 539	13 565	8 826	747	599

Private	512	361	159	120	32	24

Religious	209	141	119	86	14	9

Grammar schools	4 600	3 288	3 226	2 370	281	227

State	4 087	2 941	3 016	2 218	253	208

Private	304	206	91	66	14	10

Religious	209	141	119	86	14	9

Technical and related schools	8 241	5 398	5 772	3 826	308	249

State	8 067	5 270	5 711	3 779	297	240

Private	174	128	61	47	11	9

Secondary art schools	1 291	865	965	661	34	26

Music schools	774	504	636	445	17	11

State	767	498	635	444	14	10

Private	7	6	1	1	3	1

Ballet schools	57	43	41	30	-	-

State	57	43	41	30	-	-

Fine arts and design	460	318	288	186	17	15

State	443	304	283	181	15	13

Private	17	14	5	5	2	2

Industrial and crafts schools	5 967	3 490	3 880	2 175	170	130

State	5 957	3 483	3 879	2 174	168	128