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Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: students per teacherIN BRIEF
EDUCATION · MALAYSIA
How many students are there per teacher?
Compare state-level government-school student-to-teacher ratios for primary and secondary education.
SHOW ME THE DATA2017 → 2025 · students per teacher
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017 — 2025
SourceMinistry of Education Malaysia
2017
1Selangor15
2W.P. Putrajaya14
3W.P. Kuala Lumpur13
4Johor12
5Perlis12
6Pulau Pinang12
7Sabah12
8Kedah11
9Sarawak11
10W.P. Labuan11
11Melaka11
12Negeri Sembilan11
13Kelantan11
14Terengganu11
15Pahang10
16Perak10
201720172025
Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: students per teacherSourceMinistry of Education Malaysia ↗03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
The ratio is a useful capacity indicator, but it should not be confused with classroom size or teacher effectiveness.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSAdministrative student-to-teacher ratio, not class size.
PulseKita sums primary and secondary government-school enrolment and divides it by the corresponding primary and secondary teacher count for each state and year.
- This is an administrative student-to-teacher ratio, not average class size.
- A lower ratio does not by itself prove better teaching quality or learning outcomes.
- Form 6 enrolment is excluded because the teacher dataset covers primary and secondary stages only.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINeditor-reviewed transformation
- 1Primary evidenceEnrolment in Government Schools by District
- 2Primary evidenceTeachers in Government Schools by District
- 3TransformationFor each state and year, PulseKita sums government primary + secondary enrolment, sums the matching primary + secondary teacher count, then divides students by teachers. No class-size estimate is inferred from this ratio.
- 4Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017 → 2025
UNITstudents per teacher
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025