Life in Chungnam
Education
Public education starts in elementary schools for kids from 6 to 11 years old in Korea. Middle school is for teenagers from 12 to 14 years old and the high school is for teenagers from 15 to 17 years old. For further study, students can go to colleges or universities from 18 years old.
(As of Sep, 2021)
| No. of Schools |
No. of Classes |
No. of Students |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | National | 1 | 6 | 102 | |
| Public | Independent | 25 | 205 | 3,145 | |
| Annexed | 349 | 512 | 5,758 | ||
| Private | 121 | 796 | 15,779 | ||
| Total | 496 | 1,519 | 24,784 | ||
| Elementary School | National | 1 | 25 | 498 | |
| Public | Independent | 410 | 6,000 | 117,814 | |
| Annexed | 10 | 21 | 68 | ||
| Private | 1 | 6 | 175 | ||
| Total | 422 | 6,052 | 118,555 | ||
| Middle School | National | 1 | 7 | 171 | |
| Public | Independent | 141 | 1,890 | 48,438 | |
| Annexed | 2 | 6 | 29 | ||
| Private | 42 | 411 | 10,751 | ||
| Total | 186 | 2,314 | 59,389 | ||
| High School | National | 1 | 19 | 494 | |
| Public | 80 | 1,666 | 37,858 | ||
| Private | 36 | 725 | 17,813 | ||
| Total | 117 | 2,410 | 56,165 | ||
| Special School | Public | 7 | 177 | 921 | |
| Private | 2 | 49 | 216 | ||
| Total | 9 | 226 | 1,137 | ||
| Correspondence Middle School |
Public | 2 | 12 | 285 | |
| Correspondence High School |
Public | 2 | 18 | 493 | |
| High School for Technical Training |
Private | 1 | 4 | 79 | |
| Other Educational Institutes |
Public | 2 | 6 | 45 | |
| Private | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||
| Total | 3 | 9 | 73 | ||
| Total | 1,238 | 12,564 | 260,921 | ||
The number of students in other educational institutes (quasi-educational institutes) is included in the relevant principal schools.
