Education – Pupils at schools of general education
| Regional breakdown | School year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008/2009 | 2009/2010 | ||
| number | Change on the preceding year in % | ||
| Baden-Württemberg | 1,269,084 | 1,248,907 | -1.6 |
| Bayern | 1,431,280 | 1,413,080 | -1.3 |
| Berlin | 327,830 | 325,559 | -0.7 |
| Brandenburg | 218,412 | 215,827 | -1.2 |
| Bremen | 69,777 | 69,007 | -1.1 |
| Hamburg | 182,222 | 183,053 | 0.5 |
| Hessen | 678,631 | 672,098 | -1.0 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 128,295 | 127,472 | -0.6 |
| Niedersachsen | 954,410 | 940,622 | -1.4 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 2,205,459 | 2,176,599 | -1.3 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 469,174 | 460,014 | -2.0 |
| Saarland | 105,600 | 100,444 | -4.9 |
| Sachsen | 304,331 | 304,027 | -0.1 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 176,469 | 173,799 | -1.5 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 330,299 | 324,107 | -1.9 |
| Thüringen | 172,299 | 171,185 | -0.6 |
| Deutschland | 9,023,572 | 8,905,800 | -1.3 |