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Class Sizes (Primary schools)

There are 45 primary schools within Moray (21 with pre-school provision).

School roll statistics are based on the national census of schools which takes place annually in September.

Number of classes formed
Average class sizes
Number of pupils by pupil stage and class size

Number of classes formed

As at the September 2011 school census, there were 274 classes formed in Moray. This was made up of 153 single year classes, and 121 composite classes.

Average class sizes

Number of pupils	2010	2011
Average class size in Moray primary schools	22.1	22.7
Average single year class size	23.3	23.8
Average composite class size	20.4	21.2

Average single year P1 class size	20.8	19.7
Average single year P2 class size	21.5	20.8
Average single year P3 class size	20.6	21.2
Average single year P4 class size	24.7	25.6
Average single year P5 class size	25.3	26.7
Average single year P6 class size	25.9	24.9
Average single year P7 class size	25.6	25.1

Number of pupils by pupil stage and class size

Number of pupils by pupil stage and class size
September 2011	Primary 1
18 pupils or less	195
19 to 25 pupils	636
26 pupils or more	41 *
Total	872

* but with more than 1 teacher - therefore teacher to pupil ratio is less than 1:18

Number of pupils in Primary 2 & 3 by class size
September 2011	Primary 2 & 3
18 pupils or less	253
19 to 25 pupils	1,430
26 pupils or more	70 *
Total	1,753

* but with more than 1 teacher - therefore teacher to pupil ratio is less than 1:18

Number of pupils in Primaries 4 to 7 by class size
September 2011	Primary 4 to 7
33 pupils or less	3,582
34 pupils or more	0
Total	3,582

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