20-23 Statistics on Regular Primary Schools and Students (2009)
Item Schools New Total Graduates
  Enrollment Enrollment  
(unit) (person) (person) (person)
         
Total 280184 16377978 100714661 18051997
    Run by Education Departments and Collectives 273919 15440279 95033065 17108113
    Run by Private Institutions 5496 840220 5028766 820993
    Run by Other Departments 769 97479 652830 122891
Cities 16363 2829995 17787684 3037241
    Run by Education Departments and Collectives 14584 2456777 15582143 2682389
    Run by Private Institutions 1579 346059 2014234 319021
    Run by Other Departments 200 27159 191307 35831
Counties and Towns 29664 4127154 26371538 4836902
    Run by Education Departments and Collectives 27975 3829875 24509918 4520051
    Run by Private Institutions 1522 282226 1754297 296138
    Run by Other Departments 167 15053 107323 20713
Rural 234157 9420829 56555439 10177854
    Run by Education Departments and Collectives 231360 9153627 54941004 9905673
    Run by Private Institutions 2395 211935 1260235 205834
    Run by Other Departments 402 55267 354200 66347