Schools of general education

Pupils by types of schools
Type of school	School year
	2007/08	2008/09
	absolute		change %¹
¹ Change on the preceding year.
Total	9,183,811	9,023,572	-1.7
of which
Pre-school classes	8,845	8,663	-2.1
School kindergartens	19,291	19,414	0.6
Primary schools	3,082,499	2,997,074	-2.8
Orientation stage independent of school type	101,564	104,552	2.9
Secondary general schools	889,132	825,730	-7.1
Schools with different courses of education	299,919	302,269	0.8
Intermediate schools	1,278,092	1,262,545	-1.2
Grammar schools	2,466,041	2,468,949	0.1
Integrated comprehensiven schools	499,890	503,170	0.7
Free Waldorf Schools	78,734	79,624	1.1
Special schools	400,399	393,491	-1.7
Evening secondary general schools	1,173	1,129	-3.8
Evening intermediate schools	21,341	21,223	-0.6
Evening grammar schools	19,208	18,662	-2.8
Adult education colleges	17,683	17,077	-3.4