Pupils in Scotland, 2008

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Table 6.8: Percentage of P1-P3 pupils in classes of size 18 or less (1), 2004-2008

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Aberdeen City

7.0

7.2

12.7

8.6

6.2

Aberdeenshire

13.9

14.7

15.5

15.6

13.3

Angus

7.6

7.1

6.5

11.3

10.5

Argyll & Bute

25.1

30.3

29.9

37.6

33.0

Clackmannanshire

7.9

14.4

12.4

14.1

18.8

Dumfries & Galloway

15.4

17.7

18.2

15.1

18.1

Dundee City

3.1

4.0

4.3

4.7

3.9

East Ayrshire

10.4

8.8

9.8

14.3

7.8

East Dunbartonshire

5.3

4.3

6.7

8.4

9.5

East Lothian

6.4

7.0

9.9

6.2

6.3

East Renfrewshire

5.6

5.1

5.7

9.1

4.5

Edinburgh, City of

7.4

6.5

7.1

7.1

8.6

Eilean Siar

61.4

64.0

70.7

72.5

66.6

Falkirk

4.4

4.7

7.2

9.8

8.3

Fife

7.6

10.0

10.1

10.7

12.0

Glasgow City

9.0

10.6

8.0

10.9

9.3

Highland

21.0

22.5

21.8

24.2

25.7

Inverclyde

7.2

8.9

9.2

13.6

6.0

Midlothian

8.5

11.3

8.1

8.6

12.9

Moray

9.3

6.7

7.4

11.5

16.0

North Ayrshire

4.6

4.6

6.9

5.6

4.9

North Lanarkshire

8.9

9.2

9.9

12.1

13.4

Orkney Islands

39.3

48.1

32.4

41.4

43.0

Perth & Kinross

16.5

15.1

14.6

13.1

15.9

Renfrewshire

7.9

7.6

5.9

7.3

7.3

Scottish Borders

10.8

11.5

12.9

17.7

24.4

Shetland Islands

58.5

58.2

55.6

51.0

53.0

South Ayrshire

11.3

10.9

13.8

10.5

13.5

South Lanarkshire

8.0

9.0

6.9

9.4

13.7

Stirling

7.0

10.7

12.8

12.3

10.3

West Dunbartonshire

9.4

9.6

5.1

14.8

18.5

West Lothian

7.5

7.0

7.5

10.0

24.8

All local authorities

10.0

10.7

10.8

12.3

13.2

Grant aided

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

(1) A small proportion of classes of size greater than 18 have two teachers and so a pupil teacher ratio of 18 or less. However these are no counted in this table. See background note 5.1

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