Education in Salt, Jordan: official figures
Salt schools, 2023/2024 (Salt Qasabah education directorate): 231 schools with 2,558 class units, 55,110 students and 4,042 teachers, according to the Department of Statistics yearbook.
How many students per teacher are there in Salt?
In Salt (Salt Qasabah education directorate) there were 13.6 students for every teacher in 2023/2024, against 15.6 across Jordan (2,307,110 students and 147,649 teachers). That is the least crowded among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are school classes in Salt?
The average class unit in Salt (Salt Qasabah education directorate) held 21.5 students in 2023/2024, against 24.9 across Jordan. That is the smallest among the 9 Jordanian cities covered on this site.
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow big are schools in Salt?
Schools in Salt (Salt Qasabah education directorate) average 239 students each, against 302 nationally (2023/2024).
Source: Jordan Department of Statistics · saved copyHow Salt compares with other cities in Jordan
Students per teacher (2023/2024)
Salt ranks 9 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)
Salt ranks 9 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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