Grenada - Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary in Grenada was 16.35 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 37.94 in 1971, while its lowest value was 14.48 in 2014.

Definition: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 37.94
1972 33.70
1973 35.23
1974 36.82
1977 32.00
1978 32.16
1979 31.44
1980 31.89
1981 23.29
1982 23.34
1983 23.17
1984 22.28
1985 22.71
1987 21.88
1988 22.62
1990 25.14
1992 26.74
1993 26.89
1994 26.37
1995 26.37
1996 24.28
1997 26.55
1998 25.94
1999 22.96
2000 20.32
2001 20.88
2003 18.69
2004 17.67
2005 18.24
2007 15.77
2008 22.56
2009 17.09
2010 16.06
2013 14.80
2014 14.48
2015 17.00
2016 15.45
2017 16.18
2018 16.35

Development Relevance: The pupil-teacher ratio is often used to compare the quality of schooling across countries, but it is often weakly related to student learning and quality of education.

Limitations and Exceptions: The comparability of pupil-teacher ratios across countries is affected by the definition of teachers and by differences in class size by grade and in the number of hours taught, as well as the different practices countries employ such as part-time teachers, school shifts, and multi-grade classes. Moreover, the underlying enrollment levels are subject to a variety of reporting errors.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Pupil-teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the number of students at the specified level of education by the number of teachers at the same level of education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Inputs