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Table 7.2: Pupil teacher ratios in publicly funded primary schools, 1999-2008 (1)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007 (2)

2008

Aberdeen City

18.9

18.7

18.2

16.4

14.9

15.5

15.7

14.0

15.0

16.0

Aberdeenshire

18.4

18.7

18.3

17.2

18.1

17.4

17.0

16.8

16.4

15.2

Angus

18.2

18.3

18.1

18.4

18.1

17.2

16.6

16.4

15.7

15.6

Argyll & Bute

17.0

17.5

17.5

17.8

18.5

17.5

16.7

15.2

14.5

14.8

Clackmannanshire

20.0

20.6

20.0

19.4

20.1

19.6

20.1

17.9

16.7

15.9

Dumfries & Galloway

18.6

18.3

18.6

17.6

19.5

18.3

17.5

17.0

16.6

15.6

Dundee City

18.0

17.6

17.8

16.9

17.0

16.6

16.3

15.2

14.1

14.2

East Ayrshire

20.5

20.7

20.6

20.1

20.3

19.3

18.7

18.1

17.7

18.4

East Dunbartonshire

21.3

21.3

21.4

20.7

20.1

19.1

19.2

18.7

17.8

17.9

East Lothian

19.4

19.3

19.6

18.1

18.8

17.3

16.7

16.4

16.9

16.7

East Renfrewshire

21.8

21.7

21.9

20.1

19.3

17.6

16.7

16.1

16.0

16.7

Edinburgh City

19.5

18.9

18.3

17.3

17.9

17.8

17.6

16.8

16.8

17.3

Eilean Siar

12.4

11.8

11.9

11.4

11.8

11.0

11.2

10.1

9.9

10.4

Falkirk

20.7

20.5

20.4

18.8

18.9

19.2

18.1

16.1

16.1

15.7

Fife

18.2

18.2

17.9

16.6

17.0

17.3

16.7

16.4

16.7

16.0

Glasgow City

19.2

19.2

19.2

18.7

18.4

17.6

16.9

15.7

15.5

15.8

Highland

17.2

17.1

17.1

16.6

16.2

15.9

16.0

15.4

15.2

15.4

Inverclyde

20.0

20.4

20.6

19.8

20.2

19.6

18.6

16.4

15.4

15.9

Midlothian

18.5

18.8

18.7

17.6

17.9

18.0

17.6

16.8

16.1

16.6

Moray

18.7

18.0

17.8

17.2

17.4

17.3

16.4

15.7

16.4

16.3

North Ayrshire

20.7

20.8

20.9

21.0

21.1

19.9

17.9

17.0

16.5

16.2

North Lanarkshire

20.0

19.9

20.1

19.5

20.0

19.3

17.1

16.6

15.7

16.0

Orkney Islands

14.4

14.9

15.4

13.1

12.6

13.0

12.0

11.3

11.8

11.1

Perth & Kinross

18.1

18.2

18.0

16.2

18.1

17.2

17.4

18.9

17.6

17.7

Renfrewshire

20.7

20.2

20.3

20.0

19.8

18.4

18.0

17.0

16.6

17.2

Scottish Borders

17.9

17.1

16.1

15.7

16.6

16.5

17.6

17.5

16.2

16.5

Shetland Islands

12.4

11.8

11.9

10.3

11.2

10.5

10.4

10.0

9.6

9.9

South Ayrshire

20.6

20.4

20.4

19.3

19.5

18.0

17.0

15.9

15.5

16.0

South Lanarkshire

19.9

19.6

19.5

19.5

19.8

18.7

17.6

16.6

16.6

16.5

Stirling

18.6

18.7

19.6

17.8

18.5

17.7

17.6

16.7

16.3

16.9

West Dunbartonshire

19.3

19.9

19.9

19.3

18.9

17.5

17.0

16.0

15.6

15.5

West Lothian

19.5

19.4

19.4

18.0

17.1

17.2

17.2

17.1

15.6

15.3

All local authorities

19.1

19.0

18.9

18.0

18.2

17.6

17.1

16.3

16.0

16.0

Grant aided

22.0

20.0

20.1

18.5

19.3

18.5

20.4

17.1

18.0

17.8

(1) See background note 11.
(2) Figures for 2007 have been updated since previous publication
National figures here.

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