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Education in Israel: Statistics on Secondary Education

(1948 - Present)

Number of Schools
 
1948/49
1959/60
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
Hebrew Education
Lower Schools
--
--
32
248
304
481
522
556
Upper Schools
98
353
544
478
538
992
1,288
1,359
Arab Education
Lower Schools
--
--
4
43
69
106
146
168
Upper Schools
1
7
35
49
93
136
272
314
Total
99
360
615
818
1,004
1,715
2,228
2,397

Number of Students

 
1948/49
1959/60
1969/70
1979/80
1989/90
1999/00
2009/10
2012/13
Hebrew Education
Lower Schools
--
--
7,908
72,792
120,537
195,024
185,316
192,292
Upper Schools
10,218
55,142
129,436
143,810
205,155
272,267
283,527
292,512
Arab Education
Lower Schools
--
--
2,457
14,803
28,928
47,844
74,518
81,466
Upper Schools
14
1,956
8,050
22,473
38,888
49,543
80,586
91,028
Total
10,232
57,098
147,851
252,878
393,508
564,678
623,947
657,298

Sources: Central Bureau of Statistics