Key figures of education
Espoo Finnish Education Unit is the second largest education provider in Finland. Key figures for the school year 2019–2020 are:
Comprehensive schools and general upper secondary schools
75 Finnish-speaking comprehensive schools:
• 43 primary schools (grades (1–6)
• 13 middle schools (grades 7–9)
• 16 joint comprehensive schools (grades 1–9)
• 2 special education schools
• 1 hospital school (grades 1–9)
10 Finnish-speaking general upper secondary schools
Pupils and students
Over 30 000 pupils in comprehensive education
• 3 500 pupils in the first grade students
5500 students in general upper secondary school
International figures
7008 foreign-language pupils and students
• teaching in 40 foreign languages
Basic art education
17 basic art education institutes
11 000 children and young people
• 9 000 living in Espoo