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Table 12E (Education, School, School)
Number of Government Schools (Student Population)(District)  (2007)
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Number of Student                  Province/ District  0-100 101-500 501-1000 1001-1500 1501-2000 2001-2500 2501-3000 3001-3500 >3500 Total
Western 240 586 241 121 56 45 27 17 18 1,351
Colombo 39 175 78 43 21 18 16 8 11 409
Gampaha 78 244 109 52 19 18 6 6 4 536
Kalutara 123 167 54 56 16 9 5 3 3 406
Central 498 658 183 78 19 10 9 4 5 1,464
Kandy 192 297 82 37 10 7 8 3 5 641
Matale 117 136 30 17 4 1 1 1        - 307
Nuwara Eliya 189 225 71 24 5 2        -        -        - 516
Southern 286 532 144 62 22 21 12 7 10 1,096
Galle 114 196 52 25 12 11 5 3 6 424
Matara 86 183 51 22 6 7 4 2 2 363
Hambantota 86 153 41 15 4 3 3 2 2 309
Northern 322 395 124 31 10 6 1 1        - 890
Jaffna 116 213 56 16 4 4        -        -        - 409
Vavuniya 18 45 21 5 1 1        -        -        - 91
Mannar 37 47 12 2 2        -        -        -        - 100
Mullaitivu 115 45 18 3 2 1 1 1        - 186
Kilinochchi 36 45 17 5 1        -        -        -        - 104
Eastern 23 461 171 48 26 8 4        -        - 948
Batticaloa 83 135 67 15 11 2 1        -        - 314
Ampara 100 197 56 24 11 3 3        -        - 394
Trincomalee 47 129 48 9 4 3        -        -        - 240
North Western 383 569 152 54 29 9 12 5 7 1,220
Kurunegala 324 388 92 33 18 8 9 3 5 880
Puttalam 59 181 60 21 11 1 3 2 2 340
North Central 297 334 95 21 16 5 3 3 2 776
Anuradhapura 204 241 66 15 8 3 3 3 1 544
Polonnaruwa 93 93 29 6 8 2        -        - 1 232
Uva 266 394 108 31 16 11 4 1        - 831
Badulla 196 267 68 19 10 6 3 1        - 570
Moneragala 70 127 40 12 6 5 1        -        - 261
Sabaragamuwa 416 483 123 41 13 9 9 2 6 1,102
Ratnapura 197 258 74 28 8 6 3        - 4 578
Kegalle 219 225 49 13 5 3 6 2 2 524
Total 2,938 4,412 1,341 487 207 124 81 40 48 9,678
© 2010 KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)  Revised:  2010(y)/08(m)/31(d)
Source:  Chief Editor:
Economic and Social Statistics Of Sri Lanka    Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The Former Head, Department of Management Studies University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka