Type

Total

National Public

Local Public
(prefectural and municipal)

Private

Number

All schools
Preschools*
Elementary schools
Lower secondary schools
Upper secondary schools
Schools for the blind, deaf and otherwise handicapped
Technical colleges
Junior colleges
Universities
Special training schools
Miscellaneous schools

66,136
15,220
25,040
 
11,131
5,453
 
 
912
62
543
460
3,015
4,300

633
48
73
 
78
17
 
 
45
54
37
95
178
8

46,912
6,269
24,799
 
10,472
4,147
 
 
851
4
51
34
173
112

18,591
8,903
168
 
581
1,289
 
 
16
4
455
331
2,664
4,180

Percent

All schools
Preschools*
Elementary schools
Lower secondary schools
Upper secondary schools
Schools for the blind, deaf and otherwise handicapped
Technical colleges
Junior colleges
Universities
Special training schools
Miscellaneous schools

100
100
100
 
100
100
 
 
100
100
100
100
100
100

1.0
0.3
0.3
 
0.7
0.3
 
 
4.9
87.1
6.8
20.7
5.9
0.2

70.9
41.2
99.0
 
94.1
76.0
 
 
93.3
6.5
9.4
7.4
5.7
2.6

28.1
58.5
0.7
 
5.2
23.6
 
 
1.7
6.5
83.8
72.0
88.4
97.2