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Economy

Number Of Schools By Level And Type, Annual

Data from Jan 1999 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 14 Mar 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Data Last Updated: 16/02/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M850631

Data explorer

NumberOfSchoolsByLevelAndTypeAnnual.csv (21 rows, 3.3 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 Numeric	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	335	336	336	343	344	343	342	356	359	365	366	369	365	357	356	356	354	355	351	354	355	352	355	361	374	375	361
Primary Schools	177	177	177	180	181	180	179	186	185	185	182	185	182	175	174	173	172	174	170	172	173	172	173	178	192	195	193
Government	136	136	136	139	140	139	138	145	144	144	141	144	141	134	133	132	131	133	129	131	132	131	132	137	151	155	153
Government-Aided	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40
Secondary Schools	131	132	132	136	136	136	136	139	143	150	154	154	154	154	154	155	154	154	154	155	156	157	160	161	160	157	146
Government	96	97	97	101	101	101	101	104	108	115	119	119	119	119	119	120	120	120	120	122	123	123	126	127	126	123	112
Government-Aided	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Independent	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6
Specialised Independent Schools	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Specialised	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025	2025	Numeric	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d8b56a22a5c4d3c6de405155da27601f"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Number Of Schools By Level And Type, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d8b56a22a5c4d3c6de405155da27601f/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)