1995- 1996	2000 - 2001	2002- 2003	2003- 2004	2004- 2005	2005 - 2006	2006- 2007
Urban and rural localities
Number of schools - total	4480	4548	4533	4542	4533	4538	4516
including:
primary	526	470	431	419	407	406	388
main	975	922	926	915	897	885	873
secondary	2961	3136	3157	3188	3208	3226	3234
of which:
liceums	15	33	41	43	47	51	47
gymnasums	9	7	6	6	6	6	6
special boarding schools and schools for children with limited health	18	20	19	20	21	21	21
Number of pupils - total, person	1487700	1653703	1688189	1676196	1627057	1578579	1528533
including:
primary schools	14104	16336	11362	10541	17214	9077	8209
main schools	129685	126233	120608	114822	118006	105701	95951
secondary schools	1339746	1505971	1550604	1544939	1485151	1456788	1417384
of which:
liceums	7308	13208	20053	21696	23080	25391	26626
gymnasums	4999	3826	5657	5858	6153	6287	6331
special boarding schools, schools and classes for children with limited health	4165	5163	5615	5894	6686	7013	6989
Girls in total number of pupils, person	755925	801068	812794	805683	780315	751745	729088
Number of teachers (including substitute),person	158968	165382	168553	170797	172926	174137	176741
Urban localities
Number of schools - total	1150	1125	1122	1131	1136	1144	1141
including:
primary	29	28	24	25	22	22	20
main	115	92	87	88	82	80	76
secondary	988	985	992	998	1011	1021	1024
of which:
liceums	15	33	41	43	46	50	46
gymnasums	9	7	6	6	6	6	6
special boarding-schools and schools for children with limited health	18	20	19	20	21	21	21
Number of pupils - total, person	763245	840581	869186	866197	849003	828451	808168
including:
primary schools	865	3950	770	639	1594	503	441
main schools	30652	26385	23585	23419	22722	20382	18771
secondary schools	727563	805083	839216	836245	818001	800553	781967
of which:
liceums	7308	13208	20053	21696	22873	25166	26374
gymnasums	4999	3826	5657	5858	6153	6287	6331
special boarding schools, schools and classes for children with limited health	4165	5163	5615	5894	6686	7013	6989
Girls in total number of pupils, person	389545	407131	418532	415947	407298	392158	383822
Number of teachers (including substitute),person	80122	83860	85223	86781	87021	88001	88707
Rural localities
Number of schools - total	3330	3423	3411	3411	3397	3394	3375
including:
primary	497	442	407	394	385	384	368
main	860	830	839	827	815	805	797
secondary	1973	2151	2165	2190	2197	2205	2210
of which:
liceums	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
gymnasums	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Number of pupils - total, person	724455	813122	819003	809999	778054	750128	720365
including:
primary schools	13239	12386	10592	9902	15620	8574	7768
main schools	99033	99848	97023	91403	95284	85319	77180
secondary schools	612183	700888	711388	708694	667150	656235	635417
of which:
liceums	-	-	-	-	207	225	252
gymnasums	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
special classes for children with limited health	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Girls in total number of pupils, person	366380	393937	394262	389736	373017	359587	345266
Number of teachers (including substitute),person	78846	81522	83330	84016	85905	86136	88034

Number of pupils in state day general educational schools according to class groups (at the beginning of school year, person)

	1995- 1996	2000 - 2001	2002- 2003	2003- 2004	2004- 2005	2005 - 2006	2006- 2007
Number of pupils - total	1487700	1653703	1688189	1676196	1627057	1578579	1528533
including:
urban	763245	840581	869186	866197	849003	828451	808168
rural	724455	813122	819003	809999	778054	750128	720365
1-4 classes - total	697510	688923	630981	603063	563149	533674	508304
including:
urban	352681	344308	314841	301848	284744	273055	263876
rural	344829	344615	316140	301215	278405	260619	244428
5-9 classes - total	647824	805222	820762	809398	806711	793110	764573
including:
urban	333071	416777	429239	421757	422610	416873	404003
rural	314753	388445	391523	387641	384101	376237	360570
10-11 (12) classes - total	138201	154395	230831	257841	250511	244782	248667
including:
urban	73328	74333	119491	136698	134963	131510	133300
rural	64873	80062	111340	121143	115548	113272	115367
special boarding schools, schools and classes for children with limited health	4165	5163	5615	5894	6686	7013	6989

Number of 1-st class pupils of state day general educational schools (excluding special schools and classes for children with limited health; at the beginning of school year)

	1995- 1996	2000 - 2001	2002- 2003	2003- 2004	2004- 2005	2005 - 2006	2006- 2007
Number of pupils - total, person	172889	165756	142476	136801	125742	123599	116958
including:
boys	84647	86663	74729	71934	66067	65477	61794
girls	88242	79093	67747	64867	59675	58122	55164

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