Pupils Per Teacher in Primary Schools
What this data shows
Published by Ministry of Education. 44 records. Fields include Year, Pri Students To Teachers (2 columns in total). Covers 1981-01-01 to 2024-01-01. Last updated 2025-11-17.
Description
Annual pupil–teacher ratios in Singapore primary schools from 1981 through 2024, published by the Ministry of Education in CSV. Education planners monitor class-size proxies and teaching resource intensity across the primary sector over four decades.
Official description
(1) The ratio of students to teaching staff or what is known as the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), is the number of primary students divided by the number of teachers in primary schools.
- Last updated
- Coverage
- 1981-01-01 – 2024-01-01
- Rows
- 44
- Columns
- 2
Chart
Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
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| Year | Pri Students To Teachers |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 30.100000 |
| 1982 | 30.300000 |
| 1983 | 29.300000 |
| 1984 | 27.700000 |
| 1985 | 26.800000 |
| 1986 | 26.200000 |
| 1987 | 25.700000 |
| 1988 | 26.000000 |
| 1989 | 25.800000 |
| 1990 | 25.800000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Year (YYYY) | No |
| Pri Students To Teachers | Numeric | No |