Experience with open schools and preschools in periods of high community transmission of COVID-19 in Norway during the academic year of 2020/2021

Table 1 Characteristics of the educational system in Norway

	Preschool	Primary school	Lower secondary school	Upper secondary school
Age group	1–5 years	6–12 years	13–15 years	16–18 years
Total number of institutions	5 620	2 276^a		415
Total number of children/pupils	272 264	635 497^a		188 214
Total number of staff	95 546	115 205^a		39 681
National average of children/pupils per educational staff	5.7	16^a		NA

^aTotal number for primary and lower secondary school (our data does not separate between these school levels)

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