This delay is a consequence, in large part, of the repetition, that that school year reached 3% in primary school and was between 9.8% of the first year and 8.6% of the fourth year of Compulsory Secondary Education ( THAT).
The statistical yearbook shows the most significant aspects of education in our country. In general terms, 10,814,764 students completed non-university education. Of these, 8,182,396 belonged to the general regime, 806,511 to the special regime and 242,832 to the offer for adults.
These students were in turn distributed in 31,914 general regime centers, 2,069 special regime and 1,465 for adults, and were assisted by 874,998 teachers (701,385 general regime, 39,998 special regime and 10,705 adult education).
Of the data related to teachers, a large majority (66.6%) are women. This figure rises to 72.1% in general non-university education and, within these, reaches its maximum in early childhood education centers with 97.7%.
Schooling in our country is practically full from three years (96.5%) to 16 (95.7%), decreasing progressively from that age, but staying above 70% until 19 years and being over 60% until age 21.
In 2018, the indicator of early abandonment of education-training, defined as the percentage of the population aged 18 to 24 who does not reach the level of second stage of secondary school and does not follow any type of studies, stood at 17, 9% ─21.7% in men and 14.0% in women─. According to the data already available, in 2019 the decline in abandonment continues to stand at 17.3%.
On the other hand, the gross population rate that ends the ESO with the graduate degree was 77.8% in the 2017-2018 academic year. In post-compulsory secondary education, this rate was 55.4% for the Baccalaureate and 22.7% for the mid-level FP, technical degree, and 29.3% for the higher-grade FP.
Regarding the relationship students by teacher, Spain, with 13.6 students per teacher in primary school, was in 2016-2017 below the average of the European Union (14.7) and the OECD (15.2) , according to the last year with international data available. This ratio is also lower in the two secondary levels: 11.8 versus 12.2 and 13.3 in the first stage, and 10.7 versus 12.2 and 13.4 in the second.
In addition, public spending on education in 2017 was 49,386.3 million euros, which represents 4.25% of GDP. By type of administration, the majority (83.8%) is financed by the autonomous communities. The Ministry of Education and FP corresponds to 4.7%. The rest is completed with local administrations, other ministries and other councils, among others.
Finally, in the 2017-2018 academic year, the total amount of scholarships and grants granted by all educational administrations amounted to 2,172.56 million euros, with the largest proportion, 46.5%, being allocated to university education. In the set of all the teachings, up to 2,296,370 students benefited from the aid: 54.2% students in compulsory education, early childhood education and special education, 20.9% students in non-university post-compulsory education and 25% students University students
