First Release

Year: LXII.
Zagreb, 13 June 2025
OBR-2025-2-2
ISSN 1334-0557

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

 

1 Upper secondary schools − end of 2023/2024 school year

At the end of the 2023/2024 school year, there were 446 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia which, according to the methodology of statistical data collection, included 767 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

The share of students in regular schools was the largest in technical and related schools, 47.8%, then in grammar schools, 29.6%, and in industrial and crafts schools, 19.3%, while the smallest share, 3.3%, was recorded in secondary art schools.

The largest share of graduated students was recorded in grammar schools, 99.3%, while in industrial and crafts schools it was the smallest, 96.1%.

Art schools had the highest share of female students, while it was the lowest in industrial and crafts schools

At the end of the 2023/2024 school year, the number of students increased by 0.8% compared to the end of the 2022/2023 school year. The share of female students was 50.5%, although their number was not equally distributed in different types of schools. Thus, there were 75.9% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.5% in grammar schools, 49.1% in technical and related schools and only 30.2% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 37 185 students who completed the upper secondary education, out of which female students accounted for 48.9%.

English and German – the two most often learned languages in upper secondary schools

Students enrolled in upper secondary schools learn one, two or three foreign languages, providing that at least one foreign language is obligatory for all students. Out of the total number of students, English was learned by 92.7% of students, German by 30.3%, Italian by 13.5% and French by 3.4% of students, while Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic and other languages were learned by only 2.1% of students.

In order to present the number of teachers more accurately, the full-time equivalent (FTE) metric is applied, according to which the number of employed teachers is converted to the full-time equivalent (the share of teachers’ workload in legally set norm). The number of teachers presented in full-time equivalent would correspond the actual number of physical persons.

The share of female teachers was largest in grammar schools, 74.9%, while it was lowest in industrial and crafts schools, 63.1%.

 

G-1 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR

1.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
      Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 767 230 537 7 724 147 420 74 480 37 185 18 170
State 707 189 518 7 367 141 097 70 918 35 735 17 302
Private 42 27 15 208 3 213 1 485 675 327
Religious community 18 14 4 149 3 110 2 077 775 541
Secondary schools – regular 705 214 491 7 455 146 155 73 956 36 846 18 032
Grammar schools 184 98 86 2 029 43 232 27 448 10 681 6 838
State 143 63 80 1 780 38 488 24 658 9 555 6 127
Private 26 21 5 122 2 077 1 021 447 239
Religious community 15 14 1 127 2 667 1 769 679 472
Technical and related schools 269 62 207 3 459 69 834 34 306 16 813 8 021
State 257 60 197 3 378 68 384 33 591 16 518 7 876
Private 10 2 8 63 1 028 426 205 81
Religious community 2 - 2 18 422 289 90 64
Secondary art schools 53 44 9 361 4 858 3 689 1 061 788
State 49 40 9 344 4 816 3 672 1 058 786
Private 4 4 - 17 42 17 3 2
Industrial and crafts schools 199 10 189 1 606 28 231 8 513 8 291 2 385
State 196 10 186 1 596 28 144 8 473 8 265 2 375
Private 2 - 2 6 66 21 20 5
Religious community 1 - 1 4 21 19 6 5
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 62 16 46 269 1 265 524 339 138
State 62 16 46 269 1 265 524 339 138
Education of adults2) 51 7 45 271 2 335 1 041 1 062 479
State 35 1 34 146 1 470 668 537 252
Private 16 6 10 125 865 373 525 227

1) See Notes on Methodology.
2) Not included in “Upper secondary schools – total”.

1.2 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
       Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed
Upper secondary schools – regular 146 155 143 515 40 625 39 249 38 622 37 875 36 834 36 443 29 013 28 887 1 061 1 061
State 139 832 137 280 38 916 37 581 36 997 36 265 35 341 34 964 27 570 27 462 1 008 1 008
Private 3 213 3 172 929 914 852 848 765 755 667 655 - -
Religious community 3 110 3 063 780 754 773 762 728 724 776 770 53 53
Grammar schools 43 232 42 941 10 963 10 822 10 861 10 792 10 644 10 591 10 764 10 736 - -
State 38 488 38 260 9 695 9 581 9 672 9 614 9 503 9 463 9 618 9 602 - -
Private 2 077 2 053 585 580 527 526 509 500 456 447 - -
Religious community 2 667 2 628 683 661 662 652 632 628 690 687 - -
Technical and related schools 69 834 68 731 18 090 17 554 17 171 16 865 16 528 16 342 16 984 16 909 1 061 1 061
State 68 384 67 303 17 696 17 172 16 778 16 475 16 212 16 027 16 690 16 621 1 008 1 008
Private 1 028 1 014 303 295 291 289 226 225 208 205 - -
Religious community 422 414 91 87 102 101 90 90 86 83 53 53
Secondary art schools 4 858 4 710 1 356 1 291 1 181 1 146 1 202 1 177 1 119 1 096 - -
State 4 816 4 668 1 339 1 274 1 169 1 134 1 192 1 167 1 116 1 093 - -
Private 42 42 17 17 12 12 10 10 3 3 - -
Music schools 2 021 1 939 615 584 476 455 480 464 450 436 - -
Dance schools 286 270 89 84 70 63 66 64 61 59 - -
Fine arts and design 2 551 2 501 652 623 635 628 656 649 608 601 - -
Industrial and crafts schools 28 231 27 133 10 216 9 582 9 409 9 072 8 460 8 333 146 146 - -
State 28 144 27 049 10 186 9 554 9 378 9 042 8 434 8 307 146 146 - -
Private 66 63 24 22 22 21 20 20 - - - -
Religious community 21 21 6 6 9 9 6 6 - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 265 1 220 444 418 452 436 336 333 33 33 - -
State 1 265 1 220 444 418 452 436 336 333 33 33 - -

1.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students Teachers1)
All Female students All Female students
Republic of Croatia 767 7 724 147 420 74 480 37 185 18 170 27 376
Zagreb 34 314 6 470 2 921 1 689 720 1 196
Krapina-Zagorje 23 232 4 475 2 295 1 103 540 839
Sisak-Moslavina 30 250 4 052 1 996 972 459 832
Karlovac 29 227 3 830 1 953 950 448 985
Varaždin 35 348 6 593 3 397 1 787 892 1 702
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 191 3 672 1 818 904 416 738
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 231 4 236 2 108 1 113 534 900
Primorje-Gorski kotar 60 473 9 316 4 646 2 250 1 099 1 767
Lika-Senj 11 74 1 082 527 320 164 349
Virovitica-Podravina 18 148 2 480 1 266 628 312 555
Požega-Slavonia 15 138 2 480 1 219 626 292 544
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 18 271 4 641 2 287 1 212 552 735
Zadar 36 333 6 604 3 443 1 688 837 1 210
Osijek-Baranja 53 542 9 806 5 079 2 513 1 275 1 904
Šibenik-Knin 23 184 3 265 1 646 839 430 744
Vukovar-Srijem 31 360 5 355 2 648 1 384 665 1 262
Split-Dalmatia 92 892 17 854 9 162 4 480 2 260 3 135
Istria 43 361 6 852 3 354 1 645 763 1 421
Dubrovnik-Neretva 33 268 4 594 2 286 1 077 531 927
Međimurje 21 201 3 646 1 827 944 454 882
City of Zagreb 117 1 686 36 117 18 602 9 061 4 527 4 749

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
       Students attending Teachers1)
Total Grammar schools Technical and related schools Art schools Industrial and crafts schools Secondary schools for disabled youth
English 136 614 43 027 64 190 2 951 26 175 271 2 025
German 44 701 24 465 14 963 175 5 057 41 1 132
Italian 19 846 10 275 7 938 420 1 210 3 378
French 5 018 2 031 1 397 - 1 590 - 124
Spanish 2 615 2 120 487 - 8 - 62
Russian 166 126 31 9 - - 12
Arabic 64 64 - - - - 1
Portuguese 20 20 - - - - 3
Other languages 198 198 - - - - 9

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
      Teachers Teachers, FTE Assistants, FTE
All Women Full-time Part-time
All Women All Women All Women All Women
Upper secondary schools – regular 26 443 18 019 13 739 9 424 12 704 8 595 18 857,53 12 847,05 1 104,31 1 000,23
State 25 221 17 156 13 199 9 030 12 022 8 126 18 030,44 12 257,18 1 035,45 942,70
Private 747 503 287 192 460 311 482,15 325,25 32,06 24,43
Religious community 475 360 253 202 222 158 344,94 264,62 36,80 33,10
Grammar schools 6 088 4 560 3 224 2 467 2 864 2 093 4 413,93 3 346,39 336,58 302,57
State 5 229 3 951 2 865 2 206 2 364 1 745 3 837,13 2 934,85 285,14 258,18
Private 495 340 186 126 309 214 321,54 220,55 21,24 15,99
Religious community 364 269 173 135 191 134 255,26 190,99 30,20 28,40
Technical and related schools 11 334 7 711 5 940 4 091 5 394 3 620 8 250,81 5 641,94 452,91 413,24
State 11 047 7 509 5 788 3 980 5 259 3 529 8 045,94 5 496,06 440,27 403,60
Private 197 130 91 61 106 69 134,99 90,05 9,54 7,44
Religious community 90 72 61 50 29 22 69,88 55,83 3,10 2,20
Secondary art schools 2 104 1 382 1 536 1 013 568 369 1 744,90 1 146,27 40,80 37,30
State 2 067 1 364 1 527 1 009 540 355 1 724,52 1 136,17 40,30 36,80
Private 37 18 9 4 28 14 20,38 10,10 0,50 0,50
Industrial and crafts schools 6 917 4 366 3 039 1 853 3 878 2 513 4 447,89 2 712,45 274,02 247,12
State 6 878 4 332 3 019 1 835 3 859 2 497 4 422,85 2 690,10 269,74 244,12
Private 18 15 1 1 17 14 5,24 4,55 0,78 0,50
Religious community 21 19 19 17 2 2 19,80 17,80 3,50 2,50
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 933 653 377 267 556 386 541,15 378,50 81,38 70,21
State 933 653 377 267 556 386 541,15 378,50 81,38 70,21
Education of adults 1 256 768 127 79 1 129 689 348,20 220,12  -  -
State 842 512 79 47 763 465 231,66 143,69  -  -
Private 414 256 48 32 366 224 116,54 76,43  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2 Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2024/2025 school year

At the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year, there were 447 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they included 770 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme. 

At the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year, the number of students increased by 1.4% compared to the beginning of the 2023/2024 school year. The share of female students was 50.7%. Out of the total number of students in regular education, there were 1.2% of repeaters, as follows: 2.0% in the 1st grade, 1.1% in the 2nd grade, 0.8% in the 3rd grade, 0.5% in the 4th grade and none in the 5th grade.

By year of birth, there were 98.0% of students in regular upper secondary schools in the age group from 14 to 18, which is the age appropriate for upper secondary education. There were only 1.9% of students older than 18 and 0.3% of students younger than 14 that mostly attended secondary art schools (music and dance ones).

G-2 STUDENTS IN REGULAR UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY YEAR OF BIRTH AND SEX, BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

2.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
      Schools1) Class units Students Repeaters
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 770 231 539 7 807 150 608 76 299 1 751 749
State 709 189 520 7 437 144 034 72 546 1 714 729
Private 43 28 15 221 3 454 1 690 14 9
Religious community 18 14 4 149 3 120 2 063 23 11
Secondary schools – regular 706 215 491 7 525 149 259 75 735 1 718 738
Grammar schools 186 99 87 2 043 43 221 27 389 108 75
State 144 63 81 1 785 38 371 24 540 88 64
Private 27 22 5 130 2 189 1 116 6 3
Religious community 15 14 1 128 2 661 1 733 14 8
Technical and related schools 269 62 207 3 486 71 064 35 257 738 371
State 257 60 197 3 403 69 483 34 418 722 363
Private 10 2 8 65 1 146 530 7 5
Religious community 2 - 2 18 435 309 9 3
Secondary art schools 54 44 10 373 4 871 3 746 72 47
State 50 40 10 353 4 824 3 727 72 47
Private 4 4 - 20 47 19 - -
Industrial and crafts schools 197 10 187 1 623 30 103 9 343 800 245
State 194 10 184 1 614 30 007 9 297 799 244
Private 2 - 2 6 72 25 1 1
Religious community 1 - 1 3 24 21 - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 64 16 48 282 1 349 564 33 11
State 64 16 48 282 1 349 564 33 11
Education of adults2) 47 7 40 228 1 942 864  -  -
State 34 1 33 141 1 463 641  -  -
Private 13 6 7 87 479 223  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.
2) Not included in "Upper secondary schools – total."

2.2 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (INCLUDING REPEATERS), BY GRADES AND SEX, BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
      Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters
Upper secondary schools – regular 149 259 1 718 42 284 830 39 514 452 37 896 301 28 444 135 1 121 -
Female students 75 735 738 20 976 390 19 468 183 18 812 97 15 605 68 874 -
Grammar schools – total 43 221 108 11 235 55 10 715 26 10 731 24 10 540 3 - -
Female students 27 389 75 7 185 46 6 874 21 6 829 7 6 501 1 - -
State 38 371 88 9 944 45 9 473 22 9 564 18 9 390 3 - -
Private 2 189 6 561 1 581 2 528 3 519 - - -
Religious community 2 661 14 730 9 661 2 639 3 631 - - -
Technical and related schools – total 71 064 738 18 659 274 17 744 202 16 987 152 16 553 110 1 121 -
Female students 35 257 371 9 270 156 8 759 94 8 351 65 8 003 56 874 -
State 69 483 722 18 254 265 17 347 199 16 588 151 16 219 107 1 075 -
Private 1 146 7 308 5 301 1 296 1 241 - - -
Religious community 435 9 97 4 96 2 103 - 93 3 46 -
Secondary art schools – total 4 871 72 1 308 25 1 250 12 1 125 13 1 188 22 - -
Female students 3 746 47 998 20 944 6 866 10 938 11 - -
State 4 824 72 1 295 25 1 236 12 1 114 13 1 179 22 - -
Private 47 - 13 - 14 - 11 - 9 - - -
Music schools 2 061 42 613 7 538 9 437 7 473 19  -  -
Dance schools 298 3 86 - 82 1 66 1 64 1  -  -
Fine arts and design 2 512 27 609 18 630 2 622 5 651 2  -  -
Industrial and crafts schools – total 30 103 800 11 082 476 9 805 212 9 053 112 163 - - -
Female students 9 343 245 3 523 168 2 891 62 2 766 15 163 - - -
State 30 007 799 11 047 475 9 774 212 9 023 112 163 - - -
Private 72 1 26 1 25 - 21 - - - - -
Religious community 24 - 9 - 6 - 9 - - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 349 33 456 25 430 7 423 1 40 - - -
Female students 564 11 185 8 166 2 193 1 20 - - -
State 1 349 33 456 25 430 7 423 1 40 - - -

2.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Teachers1)
All Female students All Women
Republic of Croatia 770 7 807 150 608 76 299 27 737 18 841
Zagreb 34 320 6 655 3 008 1 215 873
Krapina-Zagorje 23 240 4 559 2 336 855 594
Sisak-Moslavina 30 248 4 222 2 098 861 561
Karlovac 29 225 3 840 1 969 1 002 646
Varaždin 34 348 6 626 3 383 1 693 1 141
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 197 3 740 1 828 743 431
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 234 4 325 2 146 881 587
Primorje-Gorski kotar 64 488 9 677 4 904 1 844 1 279
Lika-Senj 10 69 1 021 460 338 224
Virovitica-Podravina 18 150 2 564 1 288 562 326
Požega-Slavonia 15 139 2 528 1 284 564 362
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 18 271 4 745 2 335 760 498
Zadar 36 339 6 684 3 499 1 211 835
Osijek-Baranja 54 546 9 974 5 162 1 923 1 241
Šibenik-Knin 23 187 3 325 1 681 760 494
Vukovar-Srijem 31 365 5 329 2 636 1 311 902
Split-Dalmatia 92 891 18 007 9 204 3 187 2 253
Istria 44 371 7 029 3 480 1 465 1 025
Dubrovnik-Neretva 33 272 4 742 2 396 934 671
Međimurje 20 197 3 791 1 918 880 583
City of Zagreb 117 1 710 37 225 19 284 4 748 3 315

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
      Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students
Upper secondary schools – regular 149 259 75 735 42 284 20 976 39 514 19 468 37 896 18 812 28 444 15 605 1 121 874
2011 and after 410 285 406 281 4 4  -  -  -  -  -  -
2010 9 213 4 984 8 791 4 697 417 285 5 2  -  -  -  -
2009 38 872 19 573 29 956 14 676 8 504 4 620 407 272 5 5  -  -
2008 39 252 19 204 2 842 1 207 27 785 13 336 8 332 4 483 293 178  -  -
2007 35 929 17 987 238 81 2 623 1 148 26 513 12 867 6 555 3 891  -  -
2006 22 732 12 022 27 19 142 56 2 452 1 101 19 823 10 626 288 220
2005 2 665 1 571 8 6 26 9 153 63 1 665 854 813 639
2004 and before 186 109 16 9 13 10 34 24 103 51 20 15
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 349 564 456 185 430 166 423 193 40 20  -  -
2010 and after 13 9 13 9  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
2009 220 95 199 85 20 9 1 1  -  -  -  -
2008 423 173 200 75 187 77 36 21  -  -  -  -
2007 417 180 37 16 190 73 189 91 1  -  -  -
2006 215 87 7  - 25 6 169 73 14 8  -  -
2005 49 16  -  - 8 1 22 6 19 9  -  -
2004 11 3  -  -  -  - 6 1 5 2  -  -
2003 and before 1 1  -  -  -  -  -  - 1 1  -  -

2.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), BEGINNING OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
      Teachers Teachers, FTE Assistants, FTE
Total Women Full-time Part-time
All Women All Women All Women All Women
Upper secondary schools – regular 26 775 18 162 13 799 9 453 12 976 8 709 19 005,27 12 923,07 1 122,58 1 021,58
State 25 482 17 261 13 232 9 048 12 250 8 213 18 150,70 12 319,38 1 054,15 964,43
Private 802 530 313 206 489 324 501,43 336,68 31,63 24,05
Religious community 491 371 254 199 237 172 353,14 267,01 36,80 33,10
Grammar schools 6 184 4 591 3 291 2 502 2 893 2 089 4 492,50 3 385,13 342,63 311,36
State 5 277 3 955 2 919 2 239 2 358 1 716 3 897,80 2 967,70 291,32 267,05
Private 529 358 199 131 330 227 331,89 224,30 21,11 15,91
Religious community 378 278 173 132 205 146 262,81 193,13 30,20 28,40
Technical and related schools 11 484 7 803 6 002 4 125 5 482 3 678 8 338,50 5 692,39 457,83 418,44
State 11 185 7 587 5 837 4 000 5 348 3 587 8 123,92 5 531,41 444,99 408,60
Private 210 143 102 72 108 71 143,03 101,88 9,74 7,64
Religious community 89 73 63 53 26 20 71,55 59,10 3,10 2,20
Secondary art schools 2 125 1 401 1 470 986 655 415 1 709,80 1 138,56 42,60 38,85
State 2 087 1 390 1 460 985 627 405 1 689,37 1 133,05 42,60 38,85
Private 38 11 10 1 28 10 20,43 5,51  -  -
Industrial and crafts schools 6 982 4 367 3 036 1 840 3 946 2 527 4 464,47 2 706,99 279,52 252,93
State 6 933 4 329 3 016 1 824 3 917 2 505 4 439,61 2 687,22 275,24 249,93
Private 25 18 2 2 23 16 6,08 4,99 0,78 0,50
Religious community 24 20 18 14 6 6 18,78 14,78 3,50 2,50
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 962 679 380 270 582 409 549,98 390,24 89,23 80,39
State 962 679 380 270 582 409 549,98 390,24 89,23 80,39
Education of adults 1 110 681 80 51 1 030 630 267,03 168,27  -  -
State 775 466 38 20 737 446 167,54 100,12  -  -
Private 335 215 42 31 293 184 99,49 68,15  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Presented data are the result of the statistical analysis of annual reports filled in by upper secondary schools at the beginning and at the end of a school year.

Schools and educational institutions fill in the following forms for this statistical survey: the Statistical Report on Upper Secondary Schools – Grammar Schools, Technical and Related Schools, Industrial and Crafts Schools, Art Schools and Departments of Fine Arts and Design as well as Departments for Disabled Youth (Š-S/KP form) and the Statistical Report on Upper Secondary Schools for Adults (Š-S-OD/KP form).

Coverage and comparability

The statistical survey covers upper secondary schools located on the territory of the Republic of Croatia and data are comparable with data from previous school years.

Definitions and explanations

In the educational system of the Republic of Croatia upper secondary education is organised either as regular or special.

Regular education includes the upper secondary education according to regular educational programmes.

Special education includes the education of adults.

Upper secondary education may last from 1 to 5 years. It offers education and skills that are necessary either to enter the labour market or to continue education. It is not compulsory.

School is considered a group of students following classes of a particular type and stage according to the same educational plan and programme at a particular location.

The number of upper secondary schools presented in tables 1.1., 1.3., 2.1. and 2.3. is larger than the actual number of upper secondary schools. If a single secondary school embraces several school units of different types, e.g. grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school, each unit is then considered a separate school and is presented as such (see column "School/class units" in tables 1.1. and 2.1.). The number of upper secondary schools in which lessons are organised only for one type of a programme (e.g. grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school) is presented in the column "Self-contained" schools.

Upper secondary education of disabled youth is organised in a way that enables an individual approach in specific class units or specific educational institutions.

The number of upper secondary schools for disabled youth is equal to the number of institutions for education of disabled youth enlarged by a number of upper secondary schools that contain class units for disabled students.

Education of adults is aimed to provide education to adult persons who did not complete a regular upper secondary education. The upper secondary education of adults is carried out in upper secondary schools and other competent institutions. Adult persons can complete this education either by attending lessons or by taking examinations.

Data on students who learn foreign languages are given for all students who learn a particular foreign language, irrespective of whether they learn it as the first, second or third foreign language.

Data on upper secondary school teachers include the number of teachers who teach in a particular type of school. Considering that a teacher may teach in several types of schools, e.g. in a grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school as well as in a upper secondary school for adults, the given number of teachers does not refer to the number of physical persons employed in upper secondary schools. The number of teachers and assistants shown through the full-time equivalent would correspond to the actual number of physical persons.

Data on teachers and assistants cover persons employed on contractual agreement, persons employed on work contract and persons employed on author’s contract.

Assistants are pedagogues, psychologists, librarians and education and rehabilitation experts.

Data by counties are presented according to the Act on Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15), with the situation as of 31 December 2023.

The constitution and activity of the upper secondary education is based on the Primary and Secondary School Education Act (NN, Nos 87/08, 86/09, 92/10, 105/10, 90/11, 5/12, 16/12, 86/12, 126/12,  94/13, 152/14, 7/17, 68/18, 98/19, 64/20, 151/22, 155/23 and 156/23) and Vocational Education Act (NN, Nos 30/09, 24/10, 22/13, 25/18 and 69/22).

 

Abbreviations          
FTE full-time equivalent        
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