Table 2.21: Percentage of pupils by class size (1), 1997 to 2008
| P1 to P3 pupils | P4 to P7 pupils |
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18 or fewer | 19 to 25 | more than 25 | 25 or fewer | 26 to 30 | more than 30 |
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1997 | 7 | 40 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 20 |
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1998 | 8 | 42 | 50 | 45 | 35 | 20 |
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1999 | 9 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 19 |
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2000 | 10 | 47 | 44 | 46 | 35 | 19 |
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2001 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 46 | 35 | 19 |
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2002 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 47 | 35 | 18 |
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2003 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 48 | 35 | 17 |
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2004 | 10 | 49 | 41 | 48 | 36 | 17 |
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2005 | 11 | 50 | 39 | 49 | 35 | 16 |
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2006 | 11 | 51 | 38 | 50 | 35 | 15 |
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2007 | 12 | 60 | 28 | 50 | 34 | 16 |
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2008 | 13 | 63 | 23 | 51 | 33 | 17 |
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(1) A small proportion of classes with more than 18 pupils have two teachers and so a pupil teacher ratio of 18 or less. However these are no counted in this table. See background note 5.1