What share of Oman's students are in Bahla?

Ad Dakhliyah Governorate has 12.8% of Oman's 1,097,510 students in 2025/2026 and 10.6% of its people (end-2025).

Education in Bahla, Oman: official figures

Ad Dakhliyah Governorate, which contains Bahla, had 340 schools, 5,283 classes, 140,423 students and 10,795 teachers in 2025/2026 (government, private and international schools, including kindergartens).

How many students per teacher are there in Bahla?

In Ad Dakhliyah Governorate (where Bahla is) there were 13.0 students for every teacher in 2025/2026, against 12.7 across Oman. That is joint 7th most crowded of 19 wilayats covered on this site.

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How big are school classes in Bahla?

The average class in Ad Dakhliyah Governorate (where Bahla is) held 26.6 students in 2025/2026, against 26.1 across Oman. That is joint 10th largest of 19 wilayats covered on this site.

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How big are schools in Bahla?

Schools in Ad Dakhliyah Governorate (where Bahla is) average 413 students each in 2025/2026, against 428 across Oman.

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How Bahla compares with other cities in Oman

Students per teacher (governorate) (2025/2026)

Bahla ranks 8 of 19, highest first. All schools in the governorate; wilayats in the same governorate share a figure.

Rank	City	Students per teacher (governorate)
5	Saham	13.5
6	As Suwayq	13.5
7	Nizwa	13.0
8	Bahla	13.0
9	Sur	13.0
10	Jaalan Bani Bu Ali	13.0
11	Al Mudaybi	12.9

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Students per class (governorate) (2025/2026)

Bahla ranks 11 of 19, highest first. All schools in the governorate; wilayats in the same governorate share a figure.

Rank	City	Students per class (governorate)
8	Al Mussanah	27.4
9	Al Mudaybi	26.8
10	Nizwa	26.6
11	Bahla	26.6
12	Ibri	25.9
13	Al Buraymi	25.7
14	Muscat	24.9

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Sources

National Centre for Statistics and Information (Oman): Statistical Year Book 2026 (issue 54, data for 2025): Table 18-2, Schools, Classrooms, Students and Teachers by Governorate, 2025/2026 (pages 361-362), read 28 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 67371bf3473d…)

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