Education

School Status
Year / Schools	Number of Schools (Branch Schools)	Number of Classes (departments)	Number of Classrooms	Number of Students
Year / Schools	Number of Schools (Branch Schools)	Number of Classes (departments)	Number of Classrooms	Total	M	F
2015	692(1)	9,991	12,880	367,563	196,038	171,525
2016	699(1)	10,255	35	356,356	190,087	166,269
2017	697	10,150	-	345,483	183,916	161,567
2018	694	10,308	11,235	338,009	179,969	158,040
2019	695(1)	10,259	12,887	321,251	169,743	151,508
Kindergarten	312	1,279	1,356	23,252	11,793	11,459
Elementary School	155(1)	4,071	5,334	88,990	46,066	42,924
Elementary School (National & Public)	152(1)	4,017	5,221	87,280	45,207	42,073
Elementary School (Private)	3	54	113	1,710	859	851
Middle School	90	1,789	2,859	43,068	22,335	20,733
Middle School (National & Public)	65	1,319	2,115	31,075	15,739	15,336
Middle School (Private)	25	470	744	11,993	6,596	5,397
High School	67	1,808	3,041	49,048	25,513	23,535
General High School (National & Public)	13	396	580	11,367	4,713	6,654
General High School (Private)	36	981	1,531	27,029	14,464	12,565
Special Purpose (National & Public)	5	68	230	1,435	865	570
Specialized (National & Public)	4	151	367	3,721	3,033	688
Specialized (Private)	6	134	219	3,316	965	2,351
Autonomous (National & Public)	3	78	114	2,180	1,473	707
Autonomous (Private)	-	-	-	-	-	-
College	6	73	-	19,720	11,123	8,597
University	11	343	-	84,008	45,990	38,018
Graduate School	45	660	-	11,490	5,977	5,513
Others	9	236	297	1,675	946	729

1) Education statistics as of 2020 April 1.
2) The number of classes in a college, university, or graduate school is the number of subjects or departments.
3) The classrooms include general classes, curriculum classes, special classes, and classes by level.
Data: Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education

Gwangju city