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Student Population by Grade and School Year, Alberta

Description

This statistic provides information on the number of students in Alberta’s K-12 educational system from the 2008-2009 school year to the 2017-2018 school year in the following categories: Early Childhood Services, Grade 1-6, Grade 7-9 and Grade 10-12. The data for the current year are preliminary and are subject to revision.

Updated

March 28, 2018

Tags
AOS Alberta Official Statistics Student Population

Title and Dataset Information

Date Modified

2018-03-28

Update Frequency

Annual

Publisher / Creator Information

Creator
Education
Publisher

Education

Subject Information

Start Date

2008-09-01

End Date

2018-08-31

Spatial Coverage

Alberta

Resource Dates

Date Created

2015-08-05

Date Added to catalogue

2015-07-13T18:30:24.423082

Date Issued

2015-05-14

Date Modified

2018-03-28

Audience information

Identifiers

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

From 2008/2009 to 2012/2013, the definition of an Alberta Education student is an individual who is 19 years of age or younger on September 1 of the school year and is registered as of September 30th of the school year in an Alberta Education School operated by a public, separate, francophone, charter or accredited funded private school authority. The definition includes children registered in an ECS program in an Alberta Education School operated by a public, separate, francophone, charter or accredited funded private school authority or approved private ECS operator as of September 30th of the school year. Starting with 2013/2014, the definition of an Alberta student is an individual who is registered as of September 30th of the school year in a school located in Alberta, where “school” means a structured learning environment through which an education program is offered to a student by: a board; an operator of a private school; an early childhood services (ECS) program private operator; the operator of a charter school; a parent giving a home education program; the Minister. It also includes other Alberta-located educational institutions providing ECS to Grade 12 curriculum instruction, specifically Federal; and provincial authorities (such as the four former Alberta Vocational Colleges). The data for the current year are preliminary and are subject to revision.

Contact

Contact Name

Corporate Planning

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(780) 422-1963