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Jerusalem has 786 schools on the Ministry of Education's register.

Each with its school number, and its Meitzav score and climate survey where the testing authority published them.

786 of 786 schools

Haredi schools are the largest group in Jerusalem, 419 of 786.

By stream

  • Haredi419
  • State279
  • State religious88

By stage

  • Primary366
  • High school229
  • Primary and high school93
  • Junior high and high school79
  • Primary through high school12
  • Junior high7

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These are the questions people ask about schools in Jerusalem.

How many schools are there in Jerusalem?

The Ministry of Education's register lists 786 schools in Jerusalem.

How many of the schools in Jerusalem are state, state religious and Haredi?

Haredi: 419, State: 279, State religious: 88

Which school in Jerusalem had the most pupils?

מכון בית יעקב למורות, with 1,743 pupils in 2015, the newest count in the Ministry's table.

Do the schools in Jerusalem have Meitzav scores?

157 of them have a published maths score, shown beside each name.

The register of schools is the Ministry of Education's, read on 2 November 2026. The Meitzav scores and the school climate surveys, from 2008 to 2020, are the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education's. The pupils, grades and year of founding are the Ministry's table for 2011 to 2015.

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