DOUBLE

UP!
enrolment growth in the 100%
GROWTH & QUALITY
I N D U B A I P R I VAT E
S C H O O L S 2023 / 24

QUALITY OF EDUCATION
Students receiving education rated ‘Good’ has
more than doubled since the first inspection cycle 77%
2023 / 24 a c a d e m i c y e a r 80%

60%
first ever year of 40%
30%
double-digit 20%

growth 0%
9 0
/1
1
/1
2
/1
3
/1
4
/1
5
/1
6
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7 8
/1
9 3
/0 /1 15 /1 /2
08 09 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 22
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

365,572 s t u d e n t s
6 th in the world
Dubai private
in International

More than double the number since schools ranked Reading Literacy Study
( P I R L S) , u p f ro m 3 3 rd
( 1 56 , 504 I N 20 07 / 08 ) KHDA was established (30% IN 2008/09) i n 201 1 .

STUDENTS SCHOOLS
400,000
T h e n u m b e r o f s t u d e nt s s i n c e 20 07 / 08 156,504 365,572
250
T h e n u m b e r o f s c h o o l s s i n c e 20 07 / 08 we nt f ro m 136 220
350,000

200
300,000

250,000
150
200,000

150,000 100
8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
/0 /0 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2 /0 /0 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /1 /2 /2 /2 /2 /2
07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

51%
male
49%
female
33,094
are Emirati 220 17
curricula
schools

17,257
students of
determination
186
nationalities
5 new schools opened
in 2023/24

* 202 2 - 23
Number of schools and students per curriculum

UK 132,740 82
Number of students by grade/year
Indian 95,268 34

10,982 Pre-P/FS1 American 53,286 40

IB 25,992 17
27,575 KG1/FS2
UK/IB 15,689 6
29,407 KG2/Y1
MoE 13,083 16
30,116 G1/Y2
French 8,622 6
29,750 G2/Y3
SABIS (UK/US) 6,939 2
29,778 G3/Y4 Philippine 4,322 2

29,574 G4/Y5 Pakistani 2,915 2

Iranian
28,022 G5/Y6 2,218 6

US/IB 1,978 2
27,091 G6/Y7
German 923 1
23,915 G7/Y8
Chinese 503 1
23,090 G8/Y9
Russian 502 1
22,720 G9/Y10
Australian 421 1
20,484 G10/Y11 Japanese 171 1
17,472 G11/Y12
0

15,596 G12/Y13

Location of
 
 


Dubai private

 


TEACHERS


schools 

24,955 teachers in
Dubai private schools

   
 


80% 20%
female male



M o r e t e a c h e r s a r e b o r n i n January t h a n a n y 

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@KHDA @KHDADUBAI /KHDAOFFICIAL data in this infographic is accurate as of October 2023

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