Education in Almaty, Kazakhstan: official figures
Almaty had 367 general education schools in the 2024/2025 school year, attended by 360,000 pupils and staffed by 27,500 teachers.
How big are the schools in Almaty?
There were 13.1 pupils for every teacher in Almaty schools in 2024 (Kazakhstan: 9.6), and 981 pupils per school (Kazakhstan: 493).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow many children go to school in Almaty?
The number of school pupils in Almaty grew from 298,500 in 2020 to 360,000 in 2024 (+20.6%), with 67 more schools.
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow many kindergartens are there in Almaty?
Almaty had 1,022 preschool organisations in 2024, up from 825 in 2020 (Kazakhstan: 11,681 in 2024).
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow many universities and colleges are there in Almaty?
In the 2023/2024 school year Almaty had 85 colleges (technical and vocational education) and 37 higher education institutions.
Source: Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan · saved copyHow Almaty compares with other cities in Kazakhstan
Pupils per teacher (the three cities of republican significance) (2024)
Almaty ranks 2 of 3, highest first.
| Rank | City | Pupils per teacher (the three cities of republican significance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana | 15.2 |
| 2 | Almaty | 13.1 |
| 3 | Shimkent | 12.1 |
General education schools (the three cities of republican significance) (2024/2025)
Almaty ranks 1 of 3, highest first.
| Rank | City | General education schools (the three cities of republican significance) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almaty | 367 |
| 2 | Shimkent | 296 |
| 3 | Astana | 194 |
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Sources
- Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of Kazakhstan: The regions of Kazakhstan in 2024: Statistical Yearbook (English edition, 414 pages), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 3456cb173460…)
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