Official Hong Kong education data
Kindergarten and Primary Enrolment in Hong Kong: A Guide for Primary One Planning
Understand the latest kindergarten and primary enrolment figures for better Primary One planning, without guessing individual school odds.
Parent starting point
Start with the key facts, then plan for your child
Use official kindergarten and primary enrolment figures to understand the territory-wide picture, then pace your child’s Primary One preparation around the needs you can control.
Verified evidence
Kindergarten and primary enrolment
Territory-wide enrolment at both levels, shown for the same school year.
164,935
2020/21
155,956
2021/22
143,676
2022/23
136,095
2023/24
125,426
2024/25
113,204
2025/26
| School year | Kindergarten pupils | Primary pupils |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/21 | 164,935 | 364,257 |
| 2021/22 | 155,956 | 348,994 |
| 2022/23 | 143,676 | 333,551 |
| 2023/24 | 136,095 | 325,564 |
| 2024/25 | 125,426 | 319,447 |
| 2025/26 | 113,204 | 317,233 |
Start with what each series counts
The kindergarten series covers nursery, lower and upper classes, while the primary series covers Primary One through Primary Six. Both measure enrolment, not applications or available places. Parents can observe each series over time but cannot treat total kindergarten enrolment as the number moving into Primary One next year.
Use long-term context to pace family preparation
Changes in territory-wide enrolment are a reminder to recheck current school and EDB arrangements instead of relying on old impressions. What families can control is understanding the child, building a suitable school list, following formal application documents, and keeping interview and daily-life preparation steady rather than excessive.
Move to the matching source for district or school questions
The territory-wide series has no district, POA net, application or individual-school fields. For location questions, use the district snapshot and official net boundaries. For a school, use its current profile and multi-year class records. Do not ask one territory-wide table to answer a question it did not collect.
Use this with your child
Your parent action checklist
- Research schools' curricula and ethos, not just enrolment figures.
- Observe your child's interests and learning style as a selection guide.
- Familiarise yourself with the Primary One application timeline and prepare step by step.
- Discuss your child's progress and suitable primary school types with their kindergarten teacher.
What this tells you
The data shows the direction of territory-wide kindergarten and primary enrolment within their separate multi-year series.
What this cannot tell you
It cannot follow the same children from kindergarten into primary school or provide applications, places, net competition or an individual school’s admission chance.
Questions parents often ask
Does total kindergarten enrolment equal the next Primary One cohort?
No. The kindergarten total covers several grades and cannot be treated as next year’s Primary One applications or intake.
Does lower enrolment make an individual school easier to enter?
The series cannot support that inference. It contains no school-level applications, places, preference order or admission outcomes.
What is the series best used for?
Use it as long-term background for the education stages and as a reminder to recheck current school and EDB arrangements.
Key Statistics on Kindergarten Education
- Data period
- 2025/26
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Territory-wide kindergarten school, enrolment, class and teacher statistics.
What this cannot tell you
Territory totals do not describe an individual kindergarten.
Accommodation and Student Enrolment in Kindergartens by Grade
- Data period
- 2024
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Kindergarten accommodation and enrolment by grade.
What this cannot tell you
Accommodation is not the same as vacancies or admission likelihood.
Key Statistics on Primary Education
- Data period
- 2025/26
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Territory-wide historical primary-school, enrolment, class and teacher statistics.
What this cannot tell you
Territory totals are not school popularity or admission-odds measures.
Student Enrolment by Level of Education
- Data period
- 2025/26
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-26
- Provider
- Education Bureau
What this tells you
Long-run student enrolment by education level.
What this cannot tell you
It does not explain why enrolment changed or predict applications.
How to use these figures
Contains information provided by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the named provider through DATA.GOV.HK. Figures retain their official data period; retrieval date is shown separately.
Enrolment, class size, staff, fees, facilities and SEN reporting are context. They are never converted into a quality score, popularity label, ranking or admission probability.