Country profile · 2024-2025
Saint Lucia
138 institutions · 23,970 pupils in primary and secondary · Indicators computed 24 September 2026
Key indicators
Full indicator tablePrimary NER
88.1%
Ages 5–11 · GER 94.2%
Secondary NER
82.4%
Ages 12–16 · GER 92.5%
Gross intake, Kindergarten
88.5%
Net intake 65.3%
Transition to secondary
99.7%
Grade 6 → Form 1
ECE gross enrolment
42.2%
Ages 0–4
Graduate teachers, primary
45.3%
Secondary 68.3%
Trained teachers, primary
69.5%
Secondary 66.2%
Repetition, secondary
0.6%
Primary 2.2%
Dropout, secondary
0.7%
Primary 0.0%
CSEC 5+ incl. English & Maths
—
Needs CSEC five-plus results
Private share, primary
4.0%
Secondary 2.4%
Pupil–teacher ratio, primary
13
Secondary 10
Enrolment by level
Male
11,971
Female
11,999
24 daycare · 78 primary · 25 secondary · 5 special · 5 TVET · 1 post-secondary
Data completeness
10 of 10 complete- Complete
Institutions
Counts by type and ownership
- Complete
Enrolment
Primary and secondary, by grade and sex
- Complete
Early childhood
Daycare and preschool by age group
- Complete
Teachers
Qualifications and training status by level
- Complete
Population
Single-year ages · enables NER and GIR
- Complete
Class statistics
Pupils and teachers by level
- Complete
Repeaters and dropouts
By grade and sex
- Complete
Finance
Budget, expenditure and GDP
- Complete
Examinations
CSEC results by subject
- Complete
Age & service
Teacher age and service bands
In the Statistical Digest
2024-2025Points of attention
Derived from indicator thresholds, not from the narrative chaptersFull transition to secondary
99.7% of Grade 6 pupils entered Form 1.
