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Settlement size and the location of primary schools in Poland Cover

Settlement size and the location of primary schools in Poland

By: Artur Bajerski  
Open Access
|Feb 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Presence of a school among localities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.
Presence of a school among localities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.

Figure 2.

Distribution of the average size of schools according to the population of towns with up to 15,000 inhabitants.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.
Distribution of the average size of schools according to the population of towns with up to 15,000 inhabitants.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.

Figure 3.

Value of Pearson's linear correlation coefficient between township size and school size for successive cumulative ranges of locality size, i.e. 0–100 inhabitants, 0–200 inhabitants, ..., 0–15,000 inhabitantsSource: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data
Value of Pearson's linear correlation coefficient between township size and school size for successive cumulative ranges of locality size, i.e. 0–100 inhabitants, 0–200 inhabitants, ..., 0–15,000 inhabitantsSource: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data

Figure 4.

Groups of school size structures in different locality size classes.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.
Groups of school size structures in different locality size classes.Source: own elaboration based on Statistics Poland (2022) and Ministry of Education and Science (2021) data.

Localities with schools by size classes in 2021

Locality size class (number of inhabitants)LocalitiesShare (%) of localities with school
Total numberWith a school
500,001 and more55100.0
200,001–500,00088100.0
100,001–200,0002323100.0
50,001–100,0004747100.0
20,001–50,000125125100.0
10,001–20,000184184100.0
5,001–10,00024524499.6
2,001–5,0001,04999895.1
1,001–2,0002,1471,80183.9
501–1,0004,5832,72059.3
201–50012,4802,20417.7
101–20010,9014173.8
100 and fewer10,633810.8

Basic statistics for schools by size class of locality in 2021

Locality size classAverage school size (number of pupils)Average number of of school divisionsAverage size of school division (number of pupils)
500,001 and more398.520.019.9
200,001–500,000401.920.419.7
100,001–200,000382.619.020.1
50,001–100,000405.519.920.4
20,001–50,000403.719.820.4
10,001–20,000442.221.420.7
5,001–10,000420.120.620.4
2,001–5,000321.416.819.2
1,001–2,000207.712.017.2
501–1,000134.39.514.1
201–500103.38.711.9
101–20090.88.510.7
100 and fewer75.38.29.2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 24, 2025
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Accepted on: May 21, 2025
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Published on: Feb 4, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Artur Bajerski, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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