Schools of general education

Pupils by types of schools

Type of school	School year
	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11
Total	9,023,572	8,905,800	8,796,894
of which
Pre-school classes	8,663	9,341	9,580
School kindergartens	19,414	18,522	19,153
Primary schools	2,997,074	2,914,858	2,837,737
Orientation stage independent of school type	104,552	111,160	111,199
Secondary general schools	825,730	767,258	703,525
Schools with different courses of education	302,269	329,827	370,852
Intermediate schools	1,262,545	1,221,053	1,166,509
Grammar schools	2,468,949	2,475,371	2,475,174
Integrated comprehensiven schools	503,170	530,846	584,770
Free Waldorf Schools	79,624	80,101	80,843
Special schools	393,491	387,792	377,922
Evening secondary general schools	1,129	1,159	1,100
Evening intermediate schools	21,223	21,611	21,345
Evening grammar schools	18,662	19,394	19,155
Adult education colleges	17,077	17,507	18,030