Education in Irbid, Jordan: official figures
Irbid schools, 2023/2024 (Irbid Qasabah education directorate): 504 schools with 6,003 class units, 165,120 students and 8,922 teachers, according to the Department of Statistics yearbook.
How many students per teacher are there in Irbid?
In Irbid (Irbid Qasabah education directorate) there were 18.5 students for every teacher in 2023/2024, against 15.6 across Jordan (2,307,110 students and 147,649 teachers). That is 2nd most crowded among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are school classes in Irbid?
The average class unit in Irbid (Irbid Qasabah education directorate) held 27.5 students in 2023/2024, against 24.9 across Jordan. That is 2nd largest among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are schools in Irbid?
Schools in Irbid (Irbid Qasabah education directorate) average 328 students each, against 302 nationally (2023/2024).
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow Irbid compares with other cities in Jordan
Students per teacher (2023/2024)
Irbid ranks 2 of 9, highest first. Students divided by teachers in the education directorate named in each fact.
| Rank | City | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russiefa | 21.9 |
| 2 | Irbid | 18.5 |
| 3 | Zarqa | 18.0 |
| 4 | Ramtha | 16.9 |
| 5 | Amman | 16.0 |
| 6 | Madaba | 15.9 |
| 7 | Aqaba | 14.1 |
Students per class unit (2023/2024)
Irbid ranks 2 of 9, highest first. Students divided by class units in the education directorate named in each fact.
| Rank | City | Students per class unit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russiefa | 31.4 |
| 2 | Irbid | 27.5 |
| 3 | Zarqa | 27.2 |
| 4 | Ramtha | 25.9 |
| 5 | Amman | 25.5 |
| 6 | Aqaba | 24.6 |
| 7 | Madaba | 24.3 |
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Sources
- Jordan Department of Statistics: Jordan Statistical Yearbook 2024, chapter 13: Education (tables 13.1.6 and 13.1.7, 2023/2024), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 29399fd3d5cf…)
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