Dataset · Education
Number of schools in each district of Kerala by management (government, aided, unaided; technical for higher secondary) for five sections: lower primary (LP), upper primary (UP), high school (HS), higher secondary (HSE) and vocational higher secondary (VHSE), as shown on the district-wise consolidation pages of Sametham, the General Education Department's school data bank run by KITE, captured on 16 October 2026 (academic year 2026-27). Each row is one district (or the Kerala total) and one section x management measure. Sametham listed 6,687 LP, 2,947 UP, 3,126 high schools, 2,082 higher secondary and 389 VHSE schools in Kerala. Use it to compare school provision and the public/private mix across districts.
The first 5 of 300 rows
| period | period_type | geo_level | geo_code | geo_name | indicator | measure | region | ref_period | ref_period_type | is_partial_period | value | unit | qa_flag | notes | district_as_per_source |
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| 2026-27 | academic_year | state | 32 | Kerala | schools_by_management | hs_aided | State | 2026-10-16 | as_on_date | False | 1430.0 | schools | Total | ||
| 2026-27 | academic_year | state | 32 | Kerala | schools_by_management | hs_government | State | 2026-10-16 | as_on_date | False | 1229.0 | schools | Total | ||
| 2026-27 | academic_year | state | 32 | Kerala | schools_by_management | hs_total | State | 2026-10-16 | as_on_date | False | 3126.0 | schools | Total | ||
| 2026-27 | academic_year | state | 32 | Kerala | schools_by_management | hs_unaided | State | 2026-10-16 | as_on_date | False | 467.0 | schools | Total | ||
| 2026-27 | academic_year | state | 32 | Kerala | schools_by_management | hse_aided | State | 2026-10-16 | as_on_date | False | 846.0 | schools | Total |
16 columns, in file order.
periodperiod_typegeo_levelgeo_codegeo_nameindicatormeasureregionref_periodref_period_typeis_partial_periodvalueunitqa_flagnotesdistrict_as_per_sourcePlease cite this dataset when you use it:
Policy and Research Initiative (2026). District- and management-wise number of schools by section (LP, UP, HS, HSE, VHSE) in Kerala, 2026-27 [Dataset]. PRI Data Repository. /data/schools-by-management-kerala