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Statistics on Educational Institutions
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Czechia

1.Organisation and Governance

1.8Statistics on Educational Institutions

Last update: 10 June 2026
This section provides the most recent available data on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary to upper-secondary education level (ISCED levels 0–3). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of institutions providing adult education from public sources can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of data.Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education
Type of educational institution in English (and in national language) ISCED levels provided Main orientation of the programmes provided Number of educational institutions      
      Total Public Government-dependent private Private independent
Nursery schools (mateřské školy) 0 (-) 5409 4881 528 (-)
Basic schools (základní školy) 1, 2 (-) 4320 3917 403 (-)
Secondary schools (střední školy) 3 G, V 1328 957 371 (-)
Conservatoire (konzervatoře) 3 V 18 13 5 (-)

Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Data for 2025/26.

ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education
G= General V= Vocational
(:) Data not available (-) Not applicable
Terminology:
The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p. 10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24–26)

Notes:

  • The legal entity approach was used for data collection, i.e. one educational institution corresponds to a legal, administrative or organizational entity or unit, which may operate on a single institution site or cluster several institution sites.
  • G, V: Some secondary schools provide both general and vocational education whereas some of them provide only general education or only vocational education.
  • Based on the method of data collection in Czechia, integrated schools, i.e. schools that have one directorate but offer more than one level of education (e.g. integrated nursery and primary schools / integrated primary and secondary schools, etc.) are counted as more than one educational institution.
  • The government-dependent private schools include denominational schools (i.e. those established by a registered church or denominational association). There are no private independent institutions in Czechia (ISCED 0–3).

 

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education
Type of educational institution in English and (in national language) ISCED levels provided Main orientation of the programmes provided​ Number of educational institutions      
      Total Public Government-dependent institutions Private independent
Nursery schools (mateřské školy) 0 (-) 109 85 24 (-)
Basic schools (základní školy) 1, 2 (-) 318 279 39 (-)
Secondary schools (střední školy) 2, 3 G, V 141 115 26 (-)

Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Data for 2025/26.

ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education
G= General V= Vocational
(:) Data not available (-) Not applicable
Terminology:
The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24–26).

Notes:

  • The legal entity approach was used for data collection, i.e. one educational institution corresponds to a legal, administrative or organizational entity or unit, which may operate on a single institution site or cluster several institution sites.
  • All schools listed above are schools established under section 16 paragraph 9 of the Education Act. This paragraph stipulates that independent schools (or classes/ departments/ groups) may be established for pupils with visual, hearing, physical, mental disabilities/impairment, autism, speech defects or multiple disabilities. These are schools without any regular class.
  • G, V: Some secondary schools provide both general and vocational education whereas some of them provide only general education or only vocational education.
  • The government-dependent private schools include denominational schools (i.e. those established by a registered church or denominational association). There are no private independent institutions in Czechia (ISCED 0–3).