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Statistical Bulletin Edn/B1/2004/1: Pupils in Scotland,2003

Table 6.5: Average class sizes by type of class, 2003

Number of schools

All classes

Single stage classes

Composite classes

Number

Average size

Number

Average size

Number

Average size

Aberdeen City

56

559

24.4

439

25.1

120

22.0

Aberdeenshire

155

900

22.4

508

24.5

392

19.7

Angus

60

385

24.0

256

26.2

129

19.6

Argyll & Bute

86

348

20.5

143

24.9

205

17.4

Clackmannanshire

19

164

25.6

122

27.2

42

20.9

Dumfries & Galloway

110

515

23.1

246

25.9

269

20.5

Dundee City

41

417

25.7

361

26.2

56

22.2

East Ayrshire

47

405

24.9

308

25.9

97

21.7

East Dunbartonshire

37

385

25.3

324

25.8

61

22.3

East Lothian

35

328

24.0

278

24.5

50

21.2

East Renfrewshire

24

320

27.3

296

27.4

24

25.6

Edinburgh City

98

1,092

24.7

961

25.3

131

20.5

Eilean Siar

39

155

13.9

33

15.5

122

13.5

Falkirk

48

470

25.9

365

27.2

105

21.4

Fife

145

1,208

23.7

859

25.0

349

20.5

Glasgow City

197

1,738

24.0

1,374

24.6

364

21.6

Highland

184

858

21.1

412

24.2

446

18.2

Inverclyde

32

283

23.6

227

23.9

56

22.5

Midlothian

36

287

24.0

223

24.8

64

21.1

Moray

46

341

22.8

241

23.7

100

20.8

North Ayrshire

53

461

25.4

353

26.5

108

21.9

North Lanarkshire

131

1,162

24.4

868

25.1

294

22.2

Orkney Islands

21

87

19.3

52

22.3

35

14.7

Perth & Kinross

77

453

23.3

295

25.5

158

19.4

Renfrewshire

52

562

25.4

487

26.1

75

21.0

Scottish Borders

71

396

22.2

216

24.3

180

19.7

Shetland Islands

33

117

17.1

51

19.0

66

15.6

South Ayrshire

45

355

24.5

276

26.1

79

18.8

South Lanarkshire

125

1,105

22.8

825

23.5

280

20.8

Stirling

43

298

23.6

196

25.5

102

19.9

West Dunbartonshire

35

320

24.4

268

24.9

52

22.1

West Lothian (1)

65

603

24.7

464

25.9

139

20.5

All local authorities

2,246

17,077

23.7

12,327

25.1

4,750

20.1

Grant aided

1

17

27.2

17

27.2

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(1) West Lothian has 66 primary schools, but class data was not received from one school with 40 pupils
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