Key figures of education
Espoo Finnish Education Unit is the second largest education provider in Finland. Key figures for the school year 2017–2018 are:
Comprehensive schools and general upper secondary schools
77 Finnish-speaking comprehensive schools:
• 44 primary schools (grades (1–6)
• 14 middle schools (grades 7–9)
• 15 joint comprehensive schools (grades 1–9)
• 3 special education schools
• 1 hospital school (grades 1–9)
11 Finnish-speaking general upper secondary schools
Pupils and students
28 000 pupils in comprehensive education
• 3 350 pupils in the first grade
4 640 students in general upper secondary school
International figures
4 260 foreign-language pupils and students
• teaching in 41 foreign languages
• weighted-curriculum, language teaching and language immersion in 14 schools
Basic art education
16 basic art education institutes
10 150 children and young people
• 8 120 living in Espoo