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Elementary pupils per teacher
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Elementary pupils per teacher
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Education · National ranking
Elementary pupils per teacher
As of 2024
Official latest
1 year only
Pupils per elementary teacher. Fewer means smaller class sizes.
Single-year snapshot — moving the time bar will not change the ranking
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Tokyo
16.8
people
2
Saitama
16.1
people
3
Kanagawa
16.1
people
4
Chiba
15.8
people
5
Shizuoka
15.2
people
6
Aichi
15.1
people
7
Fukuoka
14.8
people
8
Okinawa
14.8
people
9
Hyogo
14.3
people
10
Hiroshima
13.8
people
11
Osaka
13.8
people
12
Kyoto
13.6
people
13
Ishikawa
13.6
people
14
Shiga
13.5
people
15
Nagano
13.5
people
16
Kumamoto
13.4
people
17
Miyagi
13.4
people
18
Ibaraki
13.4
people
19
Tochigi
13.3
people
20
Kagawa
13.3
people
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