Pupils in Scotland, 2008

Table 5.2: Pupils in publicly funded schools, 2000-2008

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Aberdeen City	26,357	25,853	24,999	24,448	23,958	23,465	22,985	22,489	21,874
Aberdeenshire	36,579	36,239	36,160	36,135	36,152	35,815	35,438	34,961	34,326
Angus	16,523	16,408	16,290	16,319	16,211	16,098	16,088	15,813	15,614
Argyll & Bute	13,263	13,016	12,976	12,927	12,847	12,520	12,236	11,981	11,716
Clackmannanshire	7,486	7,430	7,312	7,222	7,195	7,109	7,006	6,973	6,769
Dumfries & Galloway	22,293	22,045	21,851	21,528	21,337	20,941	20,561	20,288	19,894
Dundee City	20,462	20,272	19,803	19,434	18,964	18,649	18,166	17,859	17,598
East Ayrshire	19,022	18,808	18,662	18,467	18,313	17,891	17,490	16,971	16,654
East Dunbartonshire	19,431	19,258	19,026	18,867	18,319	17,608	17,136	16,538	16,253
East Lothian	13,316	13,494	13,532	13,518	13,541	13,467	13,423	13,352	13,164
East Renfrewshire	16,083	16,137	16,314	16,374	16,352	16,346	16,232	16,241	16,213
Edinburgh City	49,681	49,322	48,739	47,927	47,058	46,353	45,504	44,864	44,531
Eilean Siar	4,216	4,166	4,153	4,110	4,018	4,010	3,891	3,833	3,711
Falkirk	21,271	21,246	21,170	21,355	21,376	21,275	20,946	20,737	20,636
Fife	53,195	52,638	52,079	51,455	50,850	50,039	49,388	48,700	48,203
Glasgow City	76,580	75,664	74,535	73,076	71,362	69,799	68,582	67,392	66,075
Highland	33,588	33,326	33,112	33,065	32,858	32,617	32,422	32,163	31,860
Inverclyde	13,299	12,993	12,757	12,482	12,203	11,890	11,521	11,070	10,779
Midlothian	13,020	12,997	12,777	12,710	12,412	12,266	12,073	11,904	11,686
Moray	13,540	13,562	13,660	13,727	13,675	13,506	13,114	13,002	12,581
North Ayrshire	21,579	21,382	21,374	21,174	20,789	20,416	19,909	19,437	19,062
North Lanarkshire	52,505	52,113	51,842	51,579	51,096	50,525	49,864	49,402	48,667
Orkney Islands	3,155	3,130	3,168	3,133	3,111	3,057	3,009	2,929	2,788
Perth & Kinross	18,489	18,366	18,438	18,407	18,230	18,388	18,200	17,977	17,745
Renfrewshire	27,389	27,058	26,820	26,418	25,887	25,413	25,024	24,543	24,110
Scottish Borders	15,721	15,760	15,779	15,696	15,663	15,558	15,478	15,400	15,116
Shetland Islands	3,785	3,751	3,740	3,679	3,655	3,617	3,527	3,441	3,377
South Ayrshire	16,933	16,669	16,347	16,265	15,876	15,635	15,332	15,026	14,783
South Lanarkshire	47,235	46,636	46,212	45,781	45,620	45,026	44,732	44,141	43,429
Stirling	12,794	12,853	12,870	12,994	13,052	12,978	12,937	12,681	12,563
West Dunbartonshire	15,400	15,057	14,810	14,419	14,071	13,679	13,316	12,973	12,723
West Lothian	25,617	25,969	25,840	25,968	25,910	25,880	25,811	25,765	25,740
All local authorities	749,807	743,618	737,147	730,659	721,961	711,836	701,341	690,846	680,240
Grant aided	1,436	1,445	1,450	1,463	1,428	1,404	1,396	1,369	1,333

National figures on page 11.

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