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Ministry of Education Malaysiastudents enrolledIN BRIEF
EDUCATION · MALAYSIA
Malaysia's biggest school districts
Rank administrative districts by government-school enrolment using the latest MOE year.
SHOW ME THE DATA2025 · students enrolled
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
2025
1W.P. Kuala Lumpur · W.P. Kuala Lumpur227.7Kstudents enrolled
2Petaling Perdana · Selangor179.7Kstudents enrolled
3Ulu Langat · Selangor177.0Kstudents enrolled
4Klang · Selangor158.3Kstudents enrolled
5Johor Bahru · Johor130.7Kstudents enrolled
6Gombak · Selangor128.3Kstudents enrolled
7Pasir Gudang · Johor121.0Kstudents enrolled
8Seremban · Negeri Sembilan113.1Kstudents enrolled
9Kinta Utara · Perak96.6Kstudents enrolled
10Melaka Tengah · Melaka92.5Kstudents enrolled
11Kuantan · Pahang91.5Kstudents enrolled
12Kota Bharu · Kelantan90.7Kstudents enrolled
13Petaling Utama · Selangor72.5Kstudents enrolled
14Kota Kinabalu · Sabah71.5Kstudents enrolled
15Kuala Muda · Kedah69.6Kstudents enrolled
16Kota Setar · Kedah64.0Kstudents enrolled
17Batu Pahat · Johor63.1Kstudents enrolled
18Kuala Langat · Selangor60.6Kstudents enrolled
19Kulai · Johor58.7Kstudents enrolled
20Seberang Perai Utara · Pulau Pinang57.8Kstudents enrolled
Ministry of Education Malaysiastudents enrolledSourceMinistry of Education Malaysia ↗03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
District enrolment is useful for understanding system scale and local planning pressure, not education quality.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSLatest government-school enrolment by administrative district.
PulseKita sums primary, secondary and post-secondary enrolment within each administrative district for the latest available MOE year, using both-sex totals.
- Districts are administrative areas, not individual school districts in the North American sense.
- The story is a latest-year snapshot rather than a historical race.
- Large enrolment can reflect population size, urban concentration and district boundaries.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceEnrolment in Government Schools by District
- 2TransformationPulseKita sums primary, secondary and post-secondary enrolment within each administrative district for the latest available MOE year, using both-sex totals.
- 3Published visualRanked snapshot
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2025
UNITstudents enrolled
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025