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Education

Number of Classes and Class Size by Level

Data from Jan 1982 to Jan 2024

Last updated: 19 Feb 2025, 14:10 SGT

MOE (Ministry of Education)

(1) Class size is the average number of students per class, calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled by the number of classes in that level. The classes here refer to form classes only. The actual class size can be smaller for some subjects and lessons, depending on the learning needs of the students or programme considerations. For instance, levelling up programmes such as the Learning Support Programme for lower primary students, School-based Dyslexia Remediation programme and coursework subjects like Design and Technology at secondary level are conducted in smaller classes.

(2) Students in Mixed Level schools are classified according to the level they are in.

Avg. Class Size

Data explorer

NumberofClassesandClassSizebyLevel.csv (803 rows, 27 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Level Of Education Text	Level Text	No Of Classes Text	Ave Class Size Text
(Null)0.0% 19822.4% 19832.4% 19842.4% 19852.4%	(Null)0.0% Primary46.5% Secondary32.1% Pre-University21.4%	(Null)0.0% All16.1% PreU 35.4% Primary 15.4% Primary 25.4%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
1982	Primary	All	8200	35
1982	Primary	Primary 1	1072	36.9
1982	Primary	Primary 2	1137	37.5
1982	Primary	Primary 3	1251	37.3
1982	Primary	Primary 4	1457	33.8
1982	Primary	Primary 5	1442	33
1982	Primary	Primary 6	1648	33.8
1982	Primary	Primary 7	193	27.5
1982	Primary	Primary 8	0	0
1982	Secondary	All	4851	32.2

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Level Of Education	level_of_education	Text	-	-
Level	level	Text	-	-
No Of Classes	no_of_classes	Text	-	-
Ave Class Size	ave_class_size	Text	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bb5f828263a942a9af869eccf9b0068d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Ministry of Education. (2016). Number of Classes and Class Size by Level (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 14, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bb5f828263a942a9af869eccf9b0068d/view

About this dataset

Contact

song_boon_khing@moe.gov.sg vivian_lin@moe.gov.sg

Created on

05 Jan 2016

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

MOE (Ministry of Education)