Statistics on educational institutions

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1.8Statistics on educational institutions

Last update: 10 April 2026

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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 on the EHESO platform (European Higher Education Sector Observatory).

Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education

Type of educational institutions in English (and in national language)	ISCED levels provided	Main orientation of the programmes provided	Number of educational institutions	Public	Government-dependent private	Private independent
Pre-primary schools	0	(-)	178	166	1	11
Primary schools	1	(-)	182	171	1	10
Secondary schools	2, 3	G, V	53	42	5	6
(Source : Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (MENJE), 2025. Figures School year 2025/26; Edustat SCRIPT, 2025. Key figures) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education
G= General			V= Vocational
(:) Data not available			(-) Not applicable
Terminology: The 2025 version of the UNESCO/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p. 9); general and vocational programmes of education (p. 15); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 35-39).

Note
The table above presents the number of legal entities (not local sites). A number of secondary schools in Luxembourg offer both general and vocational educational programmes.

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education

Type of educational institutions in English (and in national language)	ISCED levels provided	Main orientation of the programmes provided	Number of educational institutions	Public	Government-dependent private	Private independent
Competence centres	0, 1, 2, 3	G, V	8	8	(-)	(-)
(Source : Ministry of Education, Children and Youth (MENJE), 2025. Competence centres; Luxembourg Government, 2018. Law of 20 July 2018) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education
G= General			V= Vocational
(:) Data not available			(-) Not applicable
Terminology: The 2025 version of the UNESCO/OECD/Eurostat (Manual on concepts, definitions and classification) can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p. 9); general and vocational programmes of education (p. 15); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 35-39).

Note
The table above presents the number of legal entities (not local sites). Competence centres intervene on schools' demand in the framework of regular education. They help the schools integrate learners with special educational needs into mainstream education as far as possible. Each competence centre also has one or several local sites.