First Release

Year: LXIII.
Zagreb, 12 June 2026
OBR-2026-2-2
ISSN 1334-0557

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, END OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR

 

1 Upper secondary schools – end of 2024/2025 school year

At the end of the 2024/2025 school year, there were 448 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia which, according to the methodology of statistical data collection, included 770 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, 47.5%, then in grammar schools, 29.1%, and in industrial and crafts schools, 20.2%, while the smallest share, 3.2%, was recorded in secondary art schools.

The largest share of graduated students was recorded in grammar schools, 99.5%, while in secondary industrial and crafts schools it was the smallest, 96.4%.

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

At the end of the 2024/2025 school year, the total number of students increased by 1.4% compared to the end of the 2023/2024 school year.

The highest growth in the number of students at the end of the 2024/2025 school year compared to the previous school year was present in industrial and vocational schools, 6.0%.

The share of female students was 50.5%, although their number was not equally distributed in different types of upper secondary schools. Thus, there were 77.1% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.2% in grammar schools, 49.4% in technical and related schools, and only 31.0% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 37 043 students who completed the upper secondary education, out of which female students accounted for 48.8%.

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 93.2% of students, German by 28.6%, Italian by 13.1%, 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, 74.1%, while it was lowest in industrial and crafts schools, 62.9%.

G-1 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR

1.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
  Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 770 228 542 7 809 149 439 75 480 37 043 18 073
State 708 186 522 7 429 142 652 71 630 35 504 17 238
Private 44 28 16 231 3 690 1 806 819 352
Religious community 18 14 4 149 3 097 2 044 720 483
Secondary schools – regular 706 212 494 7 523 148 134 74 939 36 682 17 909
Grammar schools 187 98 89 2 064 43 147 27 278 10 461 6 415
State 145 63 82 1 805 38 262 24 453 9 340 5 781
Private 27 22 5 131 2 243 1 105 501 225
Religious community 15 13 2 128 2 642 1 720 620 409
Technical and related schools 268 60 208 3 467 70 287 34 710 16 304 7 953
State 255 57 198 3 372 68 516 33 747 15 923 7 768
Private 11 2 9 77 1 340 660 290 119
Religious community 2 1 1 18 431 303 91 66
Secondary art schools 54 44 10 366 4 780 3 687 1 094 880
State 50 40 10 349 4 744 3 671 1 087 878
Private 4 4 - 17 36 16 7 2
Industrial and crafts schools 197 10 187 1 626 29 920 9 264 8 823 2 661
State 194 10 184 1 617 29 825 9 218 8 793 2 647
Private 2 - 2 6 71 25 21 6
Religious community 1 - 1 3 24 21 9 8
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 64 16 48 286 1 305 541 361 164
State 64 16 48 286 1 305 541 361 164
Education of adults2) 51 6 45 286 2 577 1 061 1 416 577
State 36 1 35 158 1 470 616 689 289
Private 15 5 10 128 1 107 445 727 288

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 2024/2025 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 148 134 145 646 41 681 40 312 39 219 38 593 37 810 37 466 28 303 28 154 1 121 1 121
State 141 347 138 938 39 880 38 551 37 486 36 874 36 146 35 818 26 760 26 620 1 075 1 075
Private 3 690 3 650 983 969 976 968 912 903 819 810 - -
Religious community 3 097 3 058 818 792 757 751 752 745 724 724 46 46
Grammar schools 43 147 42 916 11 198 11 065 10 660 10 617 10 755 10 717 10 534 10 517 - -
State 38 262 38 092 9 890 9 786 9 417 9 387 9 571 9 544 9 384 9 375 - -
Private 2 243 2 218 593 590 587 580 544 537 519 511 - -
Religious community 2 642 2 606 715 689 656 650 640 636 631 631 - -
Technical and related schools 70 287 69 247 18 346 17 822 17 543 17 289 16 877 16 702 16 400 16 313 1 121 1 121
State 68 516 67 492 17 899 17 384 17 094 16 841 16 433 16 263 16 015 15 929 1 075 1 075
Private 1 340 1 327 353 344 354 353 341 339 292 291 - -
Religious community 431 428 94 94 95 95 103 100 93 93 46 46
Secondary art schools 4 780 4 632 1 291 1 242 1 216 1 174 1 088 1 073 1 185 1 143 - -
State 4 744 4 597 1 279 1 231 1 206 1 164 1 082 1 067 1 177 1 135 - -
Private 36 35 12 11 10 10 6 6 8 8 - -
Music schools 1 995 1 897 597 571 514 487 408 396 476 443 - -
Dance schools 277 273 84 83 77 74 61 61 55 55 - -
Fine arts and design 2 508 2 462 610 588 625 613 619 616 654 645 - -
Industrial and crafts schools 29 920 28 851 10 846 10 183 9 800 9 513 9 090 8 974 184 181 - -
State 29 825 28 757 10 812 10 150 9 769 9 482 9 060 8 944 184 181 - -
Private 71 70 25 24 25 25 21 21 - - - -
Religious community 24 24 9 9 6 6 9 9 - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 305 1 271 430 408 417 410 418 414 40 39 - -
State 1 305 1 271 430 408 417 410 418 414 40 39 - -

1.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students Teachers1)
All Female students All Female students
Republic of Croatia 770 7 809 149 439 75 480 37 043 18 073 28 193
Zagreb 34 321 6 602 2 996 1 626 729 1 225
Krapina-Zagorje 23 232 4 409 2 248 1 097 510 845
Sisak-Moslavina 30 250 4 195 2 063 1 022 480 844
Karlovac 29 233 3 922 1 984 1 063 522 976
Varaždin 34 353 6 495 3 314 1 692 817 1 863
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 199 3 626 1 769 928 440 859
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 231 4 165 2 099 1 073 511 898
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 63 483 9 660 4 852 2 279 1 102 1 779
Lika-Senj 10 68 1 055 499 253 118 315
Virovitica-Podravina 18 148 2 529 1 270 640 309 569
Požega-Slavonia 15 139 2 518 1 274 595 270 597
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 18 279 4 723 2 304 1 192 552 703
Zadar 36 338 6 688 3 461 1 709 866 1 195
Osijek-Baranja 54 542 9 913 5 150 2 532 1 249 2 004
Šibenik-Knin 23 203 3 349 1 683 767 368 739
Vukovar-Srijem 31 363 5 298 2 615 1 455 703 1 246
Split-Dalmatia 92 895 17 986 9 124 4 465 2 216 3 219
Istria 44 361 6 993 3 442 1 683 845 1 451
Dubrovnik-Neretva 33 262 4 723 2 410 1 138 561 965
Međimurje 20 197 3 717 1 912 907 429 869
City of Zagreb 118 1 712 36 873 19 011 8 927 4 476 5 032

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR
  Students attending Teachers1)
Total Grammar schools Technical and related schools Art schools Industrial and crafts schools Secondary schools for disabled youth
English 139 231 42 909 64 756 3 289 28 014 263 2 026
German 42 766 23 520 13 900 159 5 140 47 1 108
Italian 19 578 10 651 7 127 470 1 321 9 382
French 5 147 2 145 1 395 - 1 607 - 128
Spanish 2 885 2 362 510 - 13 - 69
Russian 98 74 18 6 - - 10
Arabic 64 64 - - - - 1
Portuguese 21 21 - - - - 3
Other languages 128 128 - - - - 5

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2024/2025 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 27 165 18 442 14 391 9 920 12 774 8 522 19 300,43 13 179,80 1 232,21 1 112,11
State 25 834 17 525 13 789 9 495 12 045 8 030 18 453,14 12 585,32 1 162,47 1 048,65
Private 851 550 346 219 505 331 498,60 321,47 33,29 28,36
Religious community 480 367 256 206 224 161 348,69 273,01 36,45 35,10
Grammar schools 6 150 4 555 3 290 2 489 2 860 2 066 4 396,49 3 279,63 357,38 324,31
State 5 263 3 941 2 893 2 209 2 370 1 732 3 818,74 2 875,76 304,41 274,74
Private 508 332 218 139 290 193 315,37 203,35 21,32 18,77
Religious community 379 282 179 141 200 141 262,38 200,52 31,65 30,80
Technical and related schools 11 639 7 874 6 283 4 339 5 356 3 535 8 475,96 5 821,76 503,46 456,05
State 11 320 7 652 6 102 4 211 5 218 3 441 8 243,20 5 656,72 489,18 443,46
Private 237 153 118 75 119 78 163,11 106,68 9,78 8,59
Religious community 82 69 63 53 19 16 69,65 58,36 4,50 4,00
Secondary art schools 2 221 1 510 1 519 1 061 702 449 1 752,06 1 216,03 54,62 50,37
State 2 142 1 465 1 510 1 057 632 408 1 737,69 1 209,25 54,12 49,87
Private 79 45 9 4 70 41 14,37 6,78 0,50 0,50
Industrial and crafts schools 7 155 4 503 3 299 2 031 3 856 2 472 4 675,92 2 862,38 316,75 281,38
State 7 109 4 467 3 284 2 018 3 825 2 449 4 653,51 2 843,59 314,76 280,58
Private 27 20 1 1 26 19 5,75 4,66 1,69 0,50
Religious community 19 16 14 12 5 4 16,66 14,13 0,30 0,30
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 028 736 510 372 518 364 652,48 471,35 85,99 75,40
State 1 028 736 510 372 518 364 652,48 471,35 85,99 75,40
Education of adults 1 216 722 177 98 1 067 645 338,36 202,55  -  -
State 830 493 110 60 748 454 229,02 136,91  -  -
Private 386 229 67 38 319 191 109,34 65,64  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2 Upper secondary schools – beginning of 2025/2026 school year

At the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year, there were 449 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they included 775 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme. 

At the beginning of the 2025/2026 school year, the number of students increased by 0.1% compared to the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year. The share of female students was 50.6%. Out of the total number of students in regular education, there were 1.1% of repeaters, as follows: 2.1% in the 1st grade, 1.0% in the 2nd grade, 0.7% in the 3rd grade, 0.2% in the 4th grade and none in the 5th grade.

By year of birth, there were 97.8% 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 2.0% of students older than 18 and 0.2% 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 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR

2.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR
  Schools1) Class units Students Repeaters
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 775 229 546 7 845 150 753 76 263 1 589 603
State 710 186 524 7 451 143 804 72 264 1 542 585
Private 44 28 16 241 3 857 1 947 14 6
Religious community 21 15 6 153 3 092 2 052 33 12
Secondary schools – regular 711 213 498 7 563 149 457 75 747 1 573 598
Grammar schools 191 99 92 2 064 43 419 27 551 94 49
State 148 63 85 1 798 38 489 24 656 59 40
Private 27 22 5 137 2 315 1 188 8 2
Religious community 16 14 2 129 2 615 1 707 27 7
Technical and related schools 269 60 209 3 490 71 033 35 257 571 248
State 255 57 198 3 391 69 162 34 222 565 244
Private 11 2 9 79 1 423 715 3 2
Religious community 3 1 2 20 448 320 3 2
Secondary art schools 55 44 11 370 4 791 3 623 61 47
State 50 40 10 350 4 745 3 602 60 47
Private 4 4 - 19 43 19 1 -
Industrial and crafts schools 196 10 186 1 639 30 214 9 316 847 254
State 193 10 183 1 630 30 112 9 268 842 249
Private 2 - 2 6 76 25 2 2
Religious community 1 - 1 3 26 23 3 3
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 64 16 48 282 1 296 516 16 5
State 64 16 48 282 1 296 516 16 5
Education of adults2) 44 6 38 227 2 196 976 - -
State 33 1 32 143 1 500 650 - -
Private 11 5 6 84 696 326 - -

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 2025/2026 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 149 457 1 573 40 362 833 40 411 413 38 759 257 28 818 70 1 107 -
Female students 75 747 598 19 667 325 20 069 137 19 079 114 16 094 22 838 -
Grammar schools – total 43 419 94 11 116 52 10 971 20 10 631 18 10 701 4 - -
Female students 27 551 49 6 922 25 7 006 12 6 799 10 6 824 2 - -
State 38 489 59 9 900 31 9 685 12 9 380 12 9 524 4 - -
Private 2 315 8 564 5 608 1 598 2 545 - - -
Religious community 2 615 27 652 16 678 7 653 4 632 - - -
Technical and related schools – total 71 033 571 17 619 251 18 023 151 17 475 119 16 809 50 1 107 -
Female students 35 257 248 8 638 126 8 918 55 8 632 57 8 231 10 838 -
State 69 162 565 17 154 249 17 547 151 17 033 115 16 369 50 1 059 -
Private 1 423 3 362 2 378 - 344 1 339 - - -
Religious community 448 3 103 - 98 - 98 3 101 - 48 -
Secondary art schools – total 4 791 61 1 327 26 1 190 11 1 164 8 1 110 16 - -
Female students 3 623 47 993 23 910 8 874 6 846 10 - -
State 4 745 60 1 312 26 1 176 10 1 155 8 1 102 16 - -
Private 43 1 12 - 14 1 9 - 8 - - -
Music schools 437 7 473 19 1 190 11 1 164 8 1 110 - - -
Dance schools 66 1 64 1 1 176 10 1 155 8 1 102 - - -
Fine arts and design 622 5 651 2 14 1 9 - 8 - - -
Industrial and crafts schools – total 30 214 847 10 300 504 10 227 231 9 489 112 198 - - -
Female students 9 316 254 3 114 151 3 235 62 2 774 41 193 - - -
State 30 112 842 10 264 501 10 192 229 9 458 112 198 - - -
Private 76 2 26 1 25 1 25 - - - - -
Religious community 26 3 10 2 10 1 6 - - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 296 16 412 14 413 2 408 - 63 - - -
Female students 516 5 155 4 169 1 161 - 31 - - -
State 1 296 16 412 14 413 2 408 - 63 - - -

2.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2025/2026 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Teachers1)
All Female students All Women
Republic of Croatia 775 7 844 150 753 76 263 28 729 19 656
Zagreb 34 320 6 726 3 001 1 225 875
Krapina-Zagorje 23 252 4 758 2 481 847 577
Sisak-Moslavina 31 250 4 228 2 107 883 602
Karlovac 29 231 3 848 1 912 984 644
Varaždin 34 350 6 555 3 349 1 861 1 309
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 192 3 711 1 810 889 558
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 230 4 066 2 067 900 587
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 63 497 9 905 5 079 1 792 1 227
Lika-Senj 10 69 1 058 521 311 224
Virovitica-Podravina 18 151 2 567 1 291 578 353
Požega-Slavonia 15 136 2 479 1 254 616 407
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 18 275 4 626 2 280 726 477
Zadar 37 342 6 704 3 454 1 209 848
Osijek-Baranja 54 537 9 716 5 049 2 022 1 295
Šibenik-Knin 23 191 3 405 1 720 776 501
Vukovar-Srijem 31 357 5 158 2 561 1 308 900
Split-Dalmatia 93 899 18 060 9 194 3 254 2 292
Istria 43 369 7 037 3 450 1 457 1 022
Dubrovnik-Neretva 33 264 4 797 2 432 981 697
Međimurje 20 199 3 829 1 936 874 585
City of Zagreb 121 1 733 37 520 19 315 5 236 3 676

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2025/2026 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 149 457 75 747 40 362 19 667 40 411 20 069 38 759 19 079 28 818 16 094 1 107 838
2012 and after 312 184 300 174 11 9 1 1 - - - -
2011 8 470 4 542 8 131 4 342 328 190 11 10 - - - -
2010 37 812 18 713 28 413 13 656 9 009 4 820 382 233 8 4 - -
2009 40 048 19 700 3 149 1 335 27 730 13 575 8 823 4 601 346 189 - -
2008 37 090 18 623 326 140 3 058 1 370 26 477 12 898 7 229 4 215 - -
2007 22 721 12 233 23 10 221 74 2 818 1 224 19 424 10 739 235 186
2006 2 749 1 608 9 5 26 17 199 81 1 680 881 835 624
2005 and before 255 144 11 5 28 14 48 31 131 66 37 28
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 296 516 412 155 413 169 408 161 63 31 - -
2011 and after 4 2 4 2 - - - - - - - -
2010 24 8 22 8 2 - - - - - - -
2009 201 91 183 81 18 10 - - - - - -
2008 394 149 171 56 186 81 37 12 - - - -
2007 402 160 29 7 180 65 184 82 9 6 - -
2006 217 91 2 1 24 12 160 62 31 16 - -
2005 49 14 1 - 3 1 23 4 22 9 - -
2004 and before 5 1 - - - - 4 1 1 - - -

2.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), BEGINNING OF 2025/2026 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 27 651 18 878 14 685 10 169 12 966 8 709 19 597,75 13 459,36 1 258,24 1 143,68
State 26 241 17 895 14 075 9 730 12 166 8 165 18 727,77 12 839,88 1 182,50 1 073,49
Private 883 582 354 233 529 349 515,26 341,30 34,24 29,69
Religious community 523 397 254 204 269 193 352,36 275,82 38,50 37,50
Grammar schools 6 372 4 743 3 470 2 647 2 902 2 096 4 569,29 3 448,25 363,75 335,70
State 5 441 4 100 3 075 2 364 2 366 1 736 3 981,45 3 037,22 309,83 283,95
Private 534 347 218 142 316 205 324,88 208,36 21,22 19,05
Religious community 397 296 177 141 220 155 262,96 202,67 32,70 32,70
Technical and related schools 11 740 7 972 6 315 4 354 5 425 3 618 8 505,39 5 830,14 518,73 467,87
State 11 389 7 718 6 131 4 221 5 258 3 497 8 267,49 5 654,65 501,40 453,73
Private 244 169 121 82 123 87 165,16 116,47 11,83 9,64
Religious community 107 85 63 51 44 34 72,74 59,02 5,50 4,50
Secondary art schools 2 270 1 526 1 521 1 054 749 472 1 764,46 1 210,45 58,70 53,95
State 2 185 1 474 1 507 1 046 678 428 1 743,94 1 197,92 55,20 50,45
Private 81 48 12 6 69 42 18,16 10,17 0,50 0,50
Industrial and crafts schools 7 269 4 637 3 379 2 114 3 890 2 523 4 758,61 2 970,52 317,06 286,16
State 7 226 4 603 3 362 2 099 3 864 2 504 4 734,89 2 950,09 316,07 285,36
Private 24 18 3 3 21 15 7,06 6,30 0,69 0,50
Religious community 19 16 14 12 5 4 16,66 14,13 0,30 0,30
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 078 778 517 381 561 397 665,06 485,92 87,29 78,09
State 1 078 778 517 381 561 397 665,06 485,92 87,29 78,09
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 282 176 58 35 224 141 76,10 46,60  -  -

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 an 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 2024.

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, 07/17, 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
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
   
Symbols  
   
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