Official time-series tables for schools, students and teachers, including 2025/26 school data.
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Education in Palestine
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Education profile 路 2025/26 primary data
PCBS reports 2,503 schools, 834,338 students, 42,905 teachers and 31,115 classes for basic and secondary education in the West Bank in 2025/26. PCBS identifies 2025/26 as primary data, so this page keeps that geographic and provisional scope explicit. The latest directly published school totals used here cover the West Bank only. They are not presented as whole-Palestine totals.
Palestine education snapshot
All four headline figures come from the same PCBS 2025/26 basic and secondary education table and share the same West Bank-only scope.
Schools
2,503
Students
834,338
Teachers
42,905
Classes
31,115
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
How the education pathway works
The pathway section stays broad and uses only education levels supported by the statistical and UNESCO sources.
| Stage | When | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Basic education | School stage | Basic education is reported separately within the national education statistics. |
| Secondary education | School stage | Secondary education is reported alongside basic education in the PCBS school series. |
| Technical and vocational education | Skills pathway | UNESCO-UNEVOC documents technical and vocational education within the Palestine education system. |
| Higher education | Post-school | Higher education is kept separate from the school counts shown on this page. |
Key evidence
The school, student, teacher and class figures all use the same 2025/26 PCBS reference table. PCBS states that 2025/26 is primary data and that the recent series shown here represents the West Bank.
| Indicator or rule | Value | Reference | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 2,503 | 2025/26 | Basic + secondary schools |
| Students | 834,338 | 2025/26 | Basic + secondary education |
| Teachers | 42,905 | 2025/26 | School teachers |
| Classes | 31,115 | 2025/26 | Basic + secondary classes |
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
How to read the Palestine evidence
These are West Bank basic and secondary education counts. They should not be read as current totals for every education institution or learner across Palestine as a whole.
The 2025/26 figures are marked as primary data by PCBS, so the page preserves that status instead of presenting them as final revised figures.
Frequently asked questions
How many basic and secondary schools are reported for the West Bank in 2025/26?
PCBS reports 2,503 schools.
How many students are reported?
The 2025/26 West Bank total is 834,338 students.
How many teachers are reported?
PCBS reports 42,905 teachers.
How many classes are reported?
The 2025/26 figure is 31,115 classes.
Sources and methodology
PCBS supports every headline number and its geographic scope. UNESCO-UNEVOC is used only for broad education-system context.
Official publication containing 2025/26 West Bank basic and secondary school, student, teacher and class figures.
Country education-system and TVET context used only for broad pathway descriptions.
Methodology: Palestine headline figures use the PCBS 2025/26 West Bank-only school series. Primary-data status and geographic scope are retained exactly; no whole-Palestine total is inferred.