Education in Mafraq, Jordan: official figures
Mafraq schools, 2023/2024 (Mafraq Qasabah education directorate): 257 schools with 2,672 class units, 57,920 students and 4,146 teachers, according to the Department of Statistics yearbook.
How many students per teacher are there in Mafraq?
In Mafraq (Mafraq Qasabah education directorate) there were 14.0 students for every teacher in 2023/2024, against 15.6 across Jordan (2,307,110 students and 147,649 teachers). That is 2nd least crowded among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are school classes in Mafraq?
The average class unit in Mafraq (Mafraq Qasabah education directorate) held 21.7 students in 2023/2024, against 24.9 across Jordan. That is 2nd smallest among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are schools in Mafraq?
Schools in Mafraq (Mafraq Qasabah education directorate) average 225 students each, against 302 nationally (2023/2024).
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow Mafraq compares with other cities in Jordan
Students per teacher (2023/2024)
Mafraq ranks 8 of 9, highest first. Students divided by teachers in the education directorate named in each fact.
| Rank | City | Students per teacher |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Zarqa | 18.0 |
| 4 | Ramtha | 16.9 |
| 5 | Amman | 16.0 |
| 6 | Madaba | 15.9 |
| 7 | Aqaba | 14.1 |
| 8 | Mafraq | 14.0 |
| 9 | Salt | 13.6 |
Students per class unit (2023/2024)
Mafraq ranks 8 of 9, highest first. Students divided by class units in the education directorate named in each fact.
| Rank | City | Students per class unit |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Zarqa | 27.2 |
| 4 | Ramtha | 25.9 |
| 5 | Amman | 25.5 |
| 6 | Aqaba | 24.6 |
| 7 | Madaba | 24.3 |
| 8 | Mafraq | 21.7 |
| 9 | Salt | 21.5 |
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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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