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Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: students per public schoolIN BRIEF
EDUCATION · MALAYSIA
How large is the average state school system?
Compare primary and secondary government-school enrolment per public school across Malaysian states.
SHOW ME THE DATA2017 → 2025 · students per public school
VIEW DATA ASSame source · different visual lens
PULSEKITA RACE2017 — 2025
SourceMinistry of Education Malaysia
2017
1Selangor949
2W.P. Putrajaya915
3W.P. Kuala Lumpur722
4Pulau Pinang607
5W.P. Labuan565
6Perlis533
7Kelantan510
8Johor498
9Melaka476
10Kedah468
11Terengganu455
12Negeri Sembilan401
13Sabah374
14Perak350
15Pahang345
16Sarawak308
201720172025
Ministry of Education MalaysiaValues: students per public schoolSourceMinistry of Education Malaysia ↗03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025HIGH CONFIDENCE
Method & notes
Students per school captures network scale, not overcrowding by itself; rural and urban school systems are structurally different.
METHOD & LIMITATIONSSystem-level enrolment per public school, not class size.
PulseKita divides state-level primary and secondary government-school enrolment by the total number of public primary and secondary institutions reported by MOE for the same year.
- This is a system-level students-per-school ratio, not the actual average class size.
- School types are summed within primary and secondary education.
- Differences can reflect urban density, rural school networks, geography and school type mix.
Evidence trail
EVIDENCE CHAINtransformation inherited from methodology
- 1Primary evidenceEnrolment in Government Schools by District
- 2Primary evidencePublic Education Institutions by District
- 3TransformationPulseKita divides state-level primary and secondary government-school enrolment by the total number of public primary and secondary institutions reported by MOE for the same year.
- 4Published visualAnimated race
Source
HIGH CONFIDENCEofficial primary
COVERAGE2017 → 2025
UNITstudents per public school
SOURCEmachine readable
UPDATED03 Aug 2026 · data through 2025