Schools by size

Government schools by province and district and by size of student population. Annual, 2021–2025.

Published by the Ministry of Education; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Year

Column

2025

34 provinces and districts × 9 size bands

	0-100	101-500	501-1,000	1,001-1,500	1,501-2,000	2,001-2,500	2,501-3,000	3,001-3,500	Above 3,500	Total
Western	284	598	228	80	52	36	20	16	24	1,338
Colombo	76.0	161.0	65.0	29.0	15.0	15.0	8.0	8.0	14.0	391.0
Gampaha	96.0	254.0	102.0	26.0	24.0	14.0	8.0	5.0	4.0	533.0
Kalutara	112.0	183.0	61.0	25.0	13.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	6.0	414.0
Central	552	688	167	45	21	20	5	5	4	1,507
Kandy	201.0	307.0	80.0	27.0	10.0	10.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	647.0
Matale	118.0	143.0	30.0	5.0	7.0	6.0	1.0	–	–	310.0
Nuwara Eliya	233.0	238.0	57.0	13.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	–	–	550.0
Southern	310	517	140	56	23	22	4	10	11	1,093
Galle	133.0	183.0	52.0	19.0	12.0	11.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	422.0
Matara	104.0	162.0	51.0	14.0	7.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	353.0
Hambantota	73.0	172.0	37.0	23.0	4.0	3.0	–	3.0	3.0	318.0
Northern	467.0	404.0	67.0	13.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	–	–	964.0
Jaffna	216.0	182.0	25.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	–	–	438.0
Kilinochchi	63.0	60.0	6.0	3.0	–	–	–	–	–	132.0
Mannar	90.0	59.0	12.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	166.0
Vavuniya	39.0	51.0	12.0	1.0	–	1.0	–	–	–	104.0
Mullaitivu	59.0	52.0	12.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	124.0
Eastern	327	597	136	42	9	13	4	1	–	1,129
Batticaloa	114.0	180.0	55.0	11.0	2.0	6.0	–	–	–	368.0
Ampara	110.0	245.0	54.0	22.0	6.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	–	444.0
Trincomalee	103.0	172.0	27.0	9.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	–	–	317.0
North western	365	618	150	42	30	15	9	3	7	1,239
Kurunegala	294.0	411.0	93.0	21.0	21.0	12.0	9.0	1.0	6.0	868.0
Puttalam	71.0	207.0	57.0	21.0	9.0	3.0	–	2.0	1.0	371.0
North central	273.0	366.0	113.0	19.0	17.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	805.0
Anuradhapura	189.0	255.0	77.0	11.0	11.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	556.0
Polonnaruwa	84.0	111.0	36.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	–	1.0	249.0
Uva	307.0	427.0	104.0	30.0	11.0	4.0	6.0	1.0	2.0	892.0
Badulla	239.0	276.0	56.0	15.0	7.0	2.0	4.0	–	2.0	601.0
Moneragala	68.0	151.0	48.0	15.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	–	291.0
Sabaragamuwa	408	480	103	45	17	5	13	5	4	1,080
Ratnapura	200.0	258.0	66.0	33.0	12.0	3.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	582.0
Kegalle	208.0	222.0	37.0	12.0	5.0	2.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	498.0
Total	3,293	4,695	1,208	372	186	125	67	45	56	10,047