UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2005/2006 SCHOOL YEAR

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2005/2006 SCHOOL YEAR

1. Upper secondary schools − end of 2004/2005 school year

At the end of 2004/2005 school year, there were 410 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they include 679 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme, which was by 2.1% more than at the end of the 2003/2004 school year. The number of class units has not significantly changed.

The number of upper secondary school students decreased by 2.0% as compared to the previous school year. The share of female students was 50.4%, although their number was not equally arranged in different types of schools. Thus, there were 70.1% of female students in secondary art schools, 62.7% in grammar schools, 49.9% in technical and related schools and only 36.6% in industrial and crafts schools. 47 698 students completed upper secondary education, out of which female students made 50.7%.

Students, who 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 83.2% students, German by 42.5%, Italian by 13.6%, French by 3.9% and Russian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese only 0.6%.

1.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾				Class units	Students		Students who completed school
	Total		Self-contained	School/class units	Class units	Total	Female students	Total	Female students

Upper secondary schools – total	679		218	461	7 314	188 677	94 874	47 698	24 162
State	639		188	451	7 089	184 309	92 596	46 737	23 672
Private	30		20	10	132	1 936	917	440	219
Religious	10		10	-	93	2 432	1 361	521	271

Secondary schools – regular	647		204	443	7 121	186 918	94 127	47 138	23 910

Grammar schools	159		84	75	1 836	50 063	31 388	12 042	7 637
State	132		62	70	1 667	46 467	29 443	11 258	7 228
Private	17		12	5	76	1 164	584	263	138
Religious	10		10	-	93	2 432	1 361	521	271

Technical and related schools	250		67	183	3 070	83 437	41 652	19 236	9 954
State	239		61	178	3 017	82 707	41 348	19 073	9 884
Private	11		6	5	53	730	304	163	70

Secondary art schools	38		28	10	100	4 605	3 228	834	608

Music schools	22		22	-	-	2 106	1 324	299	197
State	21		21	-	-	2 092	1 315	294	193
Private	1		1	-	-	14	9	5	4

Ballet schools	2		2	-	-	126	119	22	22
State	2		2	-	-	126	119	22	22

Fine arts and design	14		4	10	100	2 373	1 785	513	389
Državne State	14		4	10	100	2 373	1 785	513	389

Industrijske i obrtničke Industrial and crafts schools	200		25	175	2 115	48 813	17 859	15 026	5 711
State	199		24	175	2 112	48 785	17 839	15 017	5 704
Private	1		1	-	3	28	20	9	7

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	32		14	18	193	1 759	747	560	252

State	32		14	18	193	1 759	747	560	252


Education of adults²⁾		70	6	64	376	6 789	2 989	2 574	1 033

State		46	1	45	263	5 157	2 395	1 736	778
Private		24	5	19	113	1 632	594	838	255

1) See Notes on Methodology

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

1.2. ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BY GRADES, END OF 2004/2005 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	186 918	180 721	51 875	49 131	50 843	49 045	50 709	49 454	33 491	33 091
State	182 550	176 427	50 703	47 991	49 730	47 955	49 596	48 356	32 521	32 125
Private	1 936	1 909	503	495	500	492	493	486	440	436
Religious	2 432	2 385	669	645	613	598	620	612	530	530

Grammar schools	50 063	49 633	12 772	12 609	12 596	12 469	12 549	12 462	12 146	12 093
State	46 467	46 091	11 790	11 655	11 686	11 574	11 641	11 562	11 350	11 300
Private	1 164	1 157	313	309	297	297	288	288	266	263
Religious	2 432	2 385	669	645	613	598	620	612	530	530

Technical and related schools	83 437	81 026	21 066	20 249	21 278	20 611	20 860	20 239	20 233	19 927
State	82 707	80 314	20 886	20 073	21 089	20 430	20 668	20 052	20 064	19 759
Private	730	712	180	176	189	181	192	187	169	168

Secondary art schools	4 605	4 291	1 437	1 301	1 267	1 164	998	964	903	862
Music schools	2 106	1 857	747	638	637	559	384	357	338	303
State	2 092	1 843	745	636	632	554	382	355	333	298
Private	14	14	2	2	5	5	2	2	5	5

Ballet schools	126	118	47	41	30	29	27	26	22	22
State	126	118	47	41	30	29	27	26	22	22

Fine arts and design	2 373	2 316	643	622	600	576	587	581	543	537
State	2 373	2 316	643	622	600	576	587	581	543	537

Industrial and crafts schools	48 813	45 771	16 600	14 972	15 702	14 801	16 302	15 789	209	209
State	48 785	45 745	16 592	14 964	15 693	14 792	16 291	15 780	209	209
Private	28	26	8	8	9	9	11	9	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	1 759	1 704	567	545	568	549	541	529	83	81
State	1 759	1 704	567	545	568	549	541	529	83	81

1.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY COUNTIES, END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾	Class units	Students		Students who completed school	Teachers¹⁾
	Schools¹⁾	Class units	All	Female students	Students who completed school	Teachers¹⁾

Republic of Croatia	679	7 314	188 677	94 874	47 698	21 516

County of Zagreb	32	272	7 014	3 596	1 713	883
County of Krapina-Zagorje	22	207	5 548	2 830	1 397	573
County of Sisak-Moslavina	29	238	6 140	3 004	1 638	756
County of Karlovac	28	219	5 649	2 873	1 466	674
County of Varaždin	25	296	8 338	4 225	2 274	1 050
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	17	175	5 020	2 548	1 333	557
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	24	210	5 545	2 816	1 488	706
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	51	501	12 390	6 267	3 077	1 465
County of Lika-Senj	11	66	1 509	719	353	259
County of Virovitica-Podravina	13	144	3 800	1 920	922	367
County of Požega-Slavonia	14	134	3 810	1 979	935	392
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	14	265	7 277	3 517	1 803	517
County of Zadar	34	313	7 522	3 795	1 762	970
County of Osijek-Baranja	53	598	14 583	7 314	3 778	1 746
County of Šibenik-Knin	20	190	4 701	2 487	1 203	546
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	25	346	8 346	4 098	2 273	828
County of Split-Dalmatia	79	855	22 088	11 103	5 322	2 465
County of Istria	46	379	9 001	4 493	2 244	1 324
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	28	225	5 585	2 773	1 321	765
County of Međimurje	15	183	4 633	2 277	1 288	522
City of Zagreb	99	1 498	40 178	20 240	10 108	4 151

1) See Notes on Methodology

1.4. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF
2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students attending						Teachers¹⁾
	Total	Grammar schools	Technical and related schools	Art schools	Industrial and crafts schools	Secondary schools for disabled youth	Teachers¹⁾

English	155 437	49 253	67 429	2 196	36 256	303	1 435
French	7 345	1 889	2 287	17	3 152	-	118
German	79 510	33 140	30 298	609	15 372	91	941
Italian	25 366	12 722	10 472	422	1 707	43	283
Spanish	1 002	771	231	-	-	-	20
Russian	28	24	-	-	4	-	2
Japanese	28	28	-	-	-	-	2
Chinese	4	4	-	-	-	-	1

1) See Notes on Methodology

1.5. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2004/2005 SCHOOL YEAR

	Teachers						Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Full-time		Part-time		Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women

Upper secondary schools – regular	21 142	13 602	11 389	7 401	9 753	6 201	15 608,5	10 053,9	792,9	640,5

State	20 377	13 072	11 092	7 173	9 285	5 899	15 147,7	9 720,6	765,7	620,9

Private	535	375	179	134	356	241	294,5	210,7	13,7	9,6

Religious	230	155	118	94	112	61	166,3	122,6	13,5	10,0

Grammar schools	4 661	3 365	2 803	2 125	1 858	1 240	3 579,7	2 646,2	224,4	181,9

State	4 128	2 997	2 588	1 955	1 540	1 042	3 240,2	2 397,7	202,6	166,8

Private	303	213	97	76	206	137	173,2	125,9	8,3	5,1

Religious	230	155	118	94	112	61	166,3	122,6	13,5	10,0

Technical and related schools	8 821	5 699	4 753	3 097	4 068	2 602	6 662,2	4 309,1	314,0	260,9

State	8 613	5 553	4 689	3 050	3 924	2 503	6 560,1	4 236,3	310,1	257,6

Private	208	146	64	47	144	99	102,1	72,8	3,9	3,3

Secondary art schools	1 317	894	983	683	334	211	1 119,1	773,9	23,4	18,0

Music schools	850	555	682	471	168	84	745,6	505,5	7,2	4,8

State	843	549	681	470	162	79	743,4	503,5	6,7	4,6

Private	7	6	1	1	6	5	2,2	2,0	0,5	0,2

Ballet schools	58	47	44	41	14	6	50,2	43,7	-	-

State	58	47	44	41	14	6	50,2	43,7	-	-

Fine arts and design	409	292	257	171	152	121	323,3	224,7	16,2	13,2

State	409	292	257	171	152	121	323,3	224,7	16,2	13,2

Industrial and crafts schools	6 343	3 644	2 850	1 496	3 493	2 148	4 247,5	2 324,7	231,1	179,7

State	6 326	3 634	2 833	1 486	3 493	2 148	4 230,5	2 314,7	230,1	178,7

Private	17	10	17	10	-	-	17,0	10,0	1,0	1,0

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	374	234	158	107	216	127	227,3	148,4	71,7	59,0

State	374	234	158	107	216	127	227,3	148,4	71,7	59,0

Education of adults	1 779	1 111	46	26	1 733	1 085	…	…	-	-

State	1 344	872	20	13	1 324	859	…	…	-	-

Private	435	239	26	13	409	226	…	…	-	-

1) See Notes on Methodology

2. Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2005/2006
school year

At the beginning of 2005/2006 school year, there were 411 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they include 683 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme, which was by 2.7% more than at the beginning of the 2004/2005 school year. The number of class units has not significantly changed.

The number of students in regular upper secondary schools decreased by 1.3% and increased in secondary schools for disabled youth by 6.0%. The share of female students was 50.1%. Out of the total number of students in regular education there were only 2.2% repeaters, as follows: 3.3% in the 1^st grade, 2.7% in the 2^nd grade, 1.6% in the 3^rd grade and 0.5% in the 4^th grade.

By year of birth, in regular upper secondary schools there were 98.6% students in the age group from 14 to 18, which is the age appropriate for upper secondary education. There were only 1.3% students older than 18 and 0.1% younger than 14, who mostly attended secondary art schools (music and ballet ones).

2.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2005/2006 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾			Class units	Students
	Total	Self-contained	School/class units	Class units	Total	Female students

Upper secondary schools – total	683	219	464	7 289