Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1980/81-2011/12

1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school¹. School years 1980/81-2011/12
School year	Schools, total	Type of school²			Pupils

School year	Schools, total	Primary schools	Combined primary and lower secondary schools	Lower secondary schools	Total	Primary school	Lower secondary school	Pupils in other classes³

2000/01	3 260	2 066	705	489	590 471	426 475	162 040	1 956
2005/06	3 160	1 943	737	480	619 640	429 207	187 856	2 577
2010/11	2 957	1 765	716	476	614 020	422 494	191 526	-
2011/12	3 000	1 749	758	493	614 374	423 351	191 023	-

¹	From 2011/2012 special schools and pupils in special schools are included. Pupils in Norwegian schools abroad are not included.
²	From 2010/11, school type is based on GSI registration regarding lowest/highest grade. More information in "about the statistics".
³	Pupils in other groups are included in the total number of pupils from 2006/2007.